Total Crime Rate
257.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cleaver 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kennington Park Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Othello Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kennington Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Othello Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Othello Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Othello Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Kennington Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stables Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennington Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kennington Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kennington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kennington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kennington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wigton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleaver Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | De Laune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Denny Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Denny Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A3204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Denny Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennington | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Opal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Opal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Opal Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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