Total Crime Rate
4890.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1064.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pear Place area has the highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the highest crime rate of 768 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 Pear Place (SE1 8BT) in the last 12 months was 4890.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3838.1% higher than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 54.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 165 (≈ 1064.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pear Place (SE1 8BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near London Waterloo, where police recorded 230 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pear Place (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Waterloo & South Bank| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aquinas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tanswell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pear Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pear Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pear Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Roupell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roupell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pear Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tanswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tanswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tanswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tanswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tanswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tanswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tanswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tanswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pear Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pear Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pear Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baylis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Baylis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Short Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pear Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lambeth North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johanna Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johanna Street | Under investigation |
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