Total Crime Rate

105.3 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Richborne Terrace area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 388th highest crime rate of 793 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 Richborne Terrace (SW8 1AX) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.6% lower than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (β‰ˆ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Richborne Terrace (SW8 1AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ebbisham Drive, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hampson Way (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Richborne Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Claylands Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bakery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bakery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bakery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dorset Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Lett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ashmole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meadow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebbisham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ebbisham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oval Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palfrey Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ebbisham Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richborne Terrace β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richborne Terrace β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richborne Terrace β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richborne Terrace β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hampson Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hampson Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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