Total Crime Rate
130.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kennington 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.
View Crime In Kennington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleyford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleyford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bowling Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bowling Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stannary Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kennington Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleyford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Stannary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Magee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magee Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Windmill Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windmill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windmill Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windmill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stannary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stannary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silk Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silk Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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