Total Crime Rate
317.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Flodden Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 768 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 Flodden Road (SE5 9LL) in the last 12 months was 317.6 per 1,000 residents and was 155.8% higher than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 103.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Flodden Road (SE5 9LL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 229 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Myatt's Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenfinlas Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sir John Kirk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thompson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sir John Kirk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Knatchbull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Badsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knatchbull Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redcar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redcar Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redcar Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Councillor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Councillor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Badsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Comber Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Councillor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halsmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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