Total Crime Rate
252.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Aquinas 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.
View Crime In Kennington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Doon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Upper Ground | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Ground | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waterloo Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Upper Ground | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | London Waterloo East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duchy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cons Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Broadwall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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