Crime Rate in Kennington, ward

Kennington has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Lambeth district and the 1010th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 214th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kennington in the last 12 months was 124.2 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% lower than the Lambeth district average (151.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kennington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 486 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 13 cases , up 62.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 88.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 647 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kennington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Stannary Street, with 97 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Opal Street (31 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.