Total Crime Rate
270.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coin Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 114th highest crime rate of 768 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 Coin Street (SE1 9NR) in the last 12 months was 270.0 per 1,000 residents and was 117.5% higher than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 80.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coin Street (SE1 9NR), the main crime hotspot is near Pear Place. Police recorded 174 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Waterloo & South Bank| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duchy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cornwall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pear Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pear Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pear Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Ground | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Ground | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Upper Ground | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Upper Ground | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Ground | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roupell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Roupell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hatfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Ground | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cornwall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pear Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stamford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aquinas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aquinas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stamford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stamford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | London Waterloo East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornwall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Upper Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Road | — |
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