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