Total Crime Rate
132.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Black Prince Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 300th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Black Prince Road (SE11 6BZ) in the last 12 months was 132.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% higher than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -29.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Black Prince Road (SE11 6BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hotspur Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kennington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | White Hart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silk Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kennington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lollard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sancroft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sancroft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Saunders Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hotspur Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Hart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cabanel Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silk Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marylee Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marylee Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marylee Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hotspur Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marylee Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denny Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Hart Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Hart Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denny Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chester Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chester Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Methley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Denny Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hotspur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Distin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Distin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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