Total Crime Rate

257.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 257.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 16.1 9/10
  • Drugs 12.1 9/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Robbery 12.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Cleaver Square area has the 29th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 114th highest crime rate of 793 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 Cleaver Square (SE11 4EA) in the last 12 months was 257.0 per 1,000 residents and was 113.5% higher than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 88.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 214.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cleaver Square (SE11 4EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Opal Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kennington (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Kennington

Crime Over Time in Cleaver Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Othello Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kennington Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Othello Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Othello Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Othello Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Kennington Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stables Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennington Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennington Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kennington Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kennington Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wigton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleaver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person De Laune Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Denny Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Denny Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Theft from the person A3204 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Denny Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Opal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Opal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Opal Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.