Total Crime Rate
300.8 per 1,000
All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
122.0 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Stamford Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 95th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stamford Street (SE1 9NB) in the last 12 months was 300.8 per 1,000 residents and was 150.5% higher than the Kennington average (120.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 122.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Stamford Street (SE1 9NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Ground, where police recorded 191 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pear Place (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Waterloo & South Bank| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Bicycle theft | Secker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brad Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Secker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Secker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Secker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Rennie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Drugs | Brad Street | Local resolution |
| Oct 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pear Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pear Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aquinas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pear Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cons Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Aquinas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aquinas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Cons Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Cons Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cons Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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