Total Crime Rate
1521.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lambeth Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 11th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lambeth Road (SE1 7BT) in the last 12 months was 1521.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1163.8% higher than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 143 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 158 (≈ 849.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 102.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lambeth Road (SE1 7BT), the main crime hotspot is near Pratt Walk. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 136 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kennington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Randall Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gibson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gibson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pratt Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Juxon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Juxon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lambeth Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitgift Street | Under investigation |
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