Crime Rates at Pear Place, London, SE1 8SA

Pear Place area has the highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 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 Pear Place (SE1 8SA) in the last 12 months was 5451.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4428.3% higher than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 316 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Possession of weapons ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 190 (≈ 1225.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pear Place (SE1 8SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near London Waterloo, where police recorded 247 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.