Total Crime Rate

288.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 288.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 69.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 50.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 26.7 10/10
  • Other theft 24.1 10/10
  • Robbery 21.4 10/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitacre Mews area has the 28th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 100th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitacre Mews (SE11 4AB) in the last 12 months was 288.8 per 1,000 residents and was 132.5% higher than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 69.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitacre Mews (SE11 4AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stannary Street, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Agnes Place (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitacre Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/84)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Faunce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cottington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stannary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stannary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stannary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Stannary Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stannary Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Stannary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stannary Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stannary Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cottington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Denny Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cottington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sharsted Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denny Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Denny Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kennington Park Gardens —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Kennington Park Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kennington Park Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Harmsworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleaver Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stannary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cottington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour De Laune Street —
Apr 2026Robbery St Agnes Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Faunce Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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