Total Crime Rate

81.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Criffel Avenue area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Streatham Hill East , and the 287th lowest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Criffel Avenue (SW2 4AZ) in the last 12 months was 81.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% higher than the Streatham Hill East average (77.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -72.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Criffel Avenue (SW2 4AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Streatham Hill. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Criffel Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Thornton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tenbury Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salford Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salford Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Lexton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lexton Gardens —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lexton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenbury Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ardwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Telford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Killieser Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Killieser Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Killieser Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Killieser Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Killieser Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Blairderry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrhill Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Barrhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ardwell Road —
Sep 2025Public order Barrhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkstall Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences De Montfort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drewstead Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Drewstead Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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