Crime Rates at Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5QN

Kennington Lane area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 305th highest crime rate of 768 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 Kennington Lane (SE11 5QN) in the last 12 months was 130.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% higher than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kennington Lane (SE11 5QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stannary Street, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harleyford Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.