Total Crime Rate

209.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 209.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 27.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.2 6/10
  • Other theft 23.3 10/10
  • Burglary 17.4 10/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Robbery 7.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cornwall Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cornwall Road (SE1 8TJ) in the last 12 months was 209.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cornwall Road (SE1 8TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 286 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 Cornwall Road area

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

Data Sources

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