Total Crime Rate

130.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 130.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 36.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 33.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.3 7/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 5/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Kennington Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 305th highest crime rate of 768 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 Kennington Road (SE11 4DB) in the last 12 months was 130.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% higher than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kennington Road (SE11 4DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stannary Street, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harleyford Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kennington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Oval Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harleyford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harleyford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowling Green Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowling Green Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stannary Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Kennington Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harleyford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oval Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Stannary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Magee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Magee Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Windmill Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Windmill Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Windmill Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Windmill Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stannary Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stannary Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Silk Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Silk Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wigton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

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