Total Crime Rate
530.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Belvedere Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Belvedere Road (SE1 8YS) in the last 12 months was 530.1 per 1,000 residents and was 340.3% 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 164 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 29.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 91 (≈ 105.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belvedere Road (SE1 8YS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 370 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chicheley Street (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kennington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterloo | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterloo | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterloo | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterloo | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Waterloo | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Concert Hall Approach | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Concert Hall Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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