Crime Rate in Kennington, ward

Kennington has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 1134th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 223rd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kennington in the last 12 months was 120.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% lower than the Lambeth district average (150.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kennington’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 485 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 8 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 634 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kennington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Castlebrook Close, with 103 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around St Agnes Place (35 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.