Total Crime Rate
610.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kennington Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 42nd 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 Kennington Road (SE1 7PZ) in the last 12 months was 610.4 per 1,000 residents and was 407.0% higher than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (β 134.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kennington Road (SE1 7PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newnham Terrace, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cosser Street (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kennington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westminster Bridge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baylis Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lambeth North | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lambeth North | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lambeth North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lambeth North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lambeth North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lambeth North | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lambeth North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambeth North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baylis Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baylis Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Launcelot Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baylis Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Baylis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Baylis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Baylis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenham Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frazier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pearman Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pearman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pearman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Launcelot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Murphy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pearman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Newnham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newnham Terrace | Under investigation |
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