Total Crime Rate

252.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 252.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.3 10/10
  • Other crime 24.4 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 16.3 9/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Aquinas Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 116th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Aquinas Street (SE1 8AD) in the last 12 months was 252.0 per 1,000 residents and was 109.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 105.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Aquinas Street (SE1 8AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pear Place (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Aquinas Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Doon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Ground Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Ground —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterloo Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coin Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coin Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pear Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pear Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Ground Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft London Waterloo East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pear Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Duchy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cons Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Broadwall Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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