Total Crime Rate
473.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vauxhall Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 63rd 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 Vauxhall Street (SE11 5RN) in the last 12 months was 473.5 per 1,000 residents and was 293.3% higher than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 178.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vauxhall Street (SE11 5RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ebbisham Drive, where police recorded 69 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.
View Crime In Kennington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sancroft Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oval Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harleyford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dolland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolland Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sancroft Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Oval Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oval Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Vauxhall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Orsett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tyers Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebbisham Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ebbisham Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebbisham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ebbisham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebbisham Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Laud Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Laud Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Orsett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Kennington Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A3204 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Loughborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sancroft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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