Total Crime Rate

87.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.5 4/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Courtenay Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 316th lowest crime rate of 793 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 Courtenay Street (SE11 5PH) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Courtenay Street (SE11 5PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oval Way (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Courtenay Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kennington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brangton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Denny Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Denny Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Denny Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wigton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Orsett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brangton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brangton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleaver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kennington Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kennington Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennington Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kennington Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Orsett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marylee Way —
Sep 2025Drugs Marylee Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Loughborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Denny Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Kennington Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Denny Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Black Prince Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Oval Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oval Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oval Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oval Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Oval Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Robbery Denny Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —

Data Sources

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