Total Crime Rate

299.1 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 299.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 126.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Other theft 32.7 10/10
  • Burglary 18.7 10/10
  • Drugs 14.0 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Orsett Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 98th 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 Orsett Street (SE11 5PW) in the last 12 months was 299.1 per 1,000 residents and was 148.4% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 88.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orsett Street (SE11 5PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 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 Orsett Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stoughton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Montford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Vauxhall Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vauxhall Walk
Sep 2025Robbery Marylee Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Marylee Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marylee Way
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Oswald'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Black Prince Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Black Prince Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Jonathan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lilac Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brangton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brangton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brangton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hotspur Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hotspur Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hotspur Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotspur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jonathan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jonathan Street
Sep 2025Other theft Durham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sancroft Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Oval Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oval Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oval Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Oval Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Laud Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sancroft Street

Data Sources

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