Total Crime Rate
60.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kennington Park Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 184th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kennington Park Road (SE11 5TP) in the last 12 months was 60.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kennington Park Road (SE11 5TP), 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.
View Crime In Kennington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magee Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Listowel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Magee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Listowel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stannary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stannary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stannary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stannary Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stannary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stannary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Prima Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prima Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prima Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stannary Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Stannary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bowling Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charlton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clayton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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