Total Crime Rate
104.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hotspur Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in St George's , and the 311th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hotspur Street (SE11 6TR) in the last 12 months was 104.3 per 1,000 residents and was 42.8% lower than the St George's average (182.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hotspur Street (SE11 6TR), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleaver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marylee Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cabanel Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cabanel Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Windmill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windmill Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windmill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Bicycle theft | Windmill Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marylee Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambeth Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lambeth Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hotspur Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newburn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Saunders Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sancroft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Distin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hotspur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotspur Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotspur Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotspur Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Close | Under investigation |
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