Total Crime Rate

722.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 722.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 305.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 203.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 46.3 10/10
  • Other theft 37.0 10/10
  • Public order 37.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Drugs 18.5 10/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Robbery 9.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.3 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

The Cut area has the 14th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 33rd 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 The Cut (SE1 8LP) in the last 12 months was 722.2 per 1,000 residents and was 499.9% higher than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 329.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Cut (SE1 8LP), 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 The Cut area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/199)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Holmes Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Windmill Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Cut Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roupell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Roupell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cons Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cons Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coral Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coral Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coral Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Duchy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cut Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Duchy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duchy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duchy Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duchy Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duchy Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person The Cut Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Dodson Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Short Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dodson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dodson Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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