Total Crime Rate

219.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 219.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.2 8/10
  • Other theft 23.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 19.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle 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.
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Crime overview

Kennington Park Place area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

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 Kennington Park Place (SE11 4JT) in the last 12 months was 219.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% higher than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kennington Park Place (SE11 4JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kennington, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Agnes Place (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kennington Park Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Wigton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cottington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cottington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cottington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cottington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Kennington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kennington
Sep 2025Drugs Kennington Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennings Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennings Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennings Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennings Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harmsworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doddington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennington Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Braganza Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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