Total Crime Rate
83.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richborne Terrace area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 281st lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
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 Richborne Terrace (SW8 1LB) in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.1% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richborne Terrace (SW8 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ebbisham Drive, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorset Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richborne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dorset Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobbett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bolney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bonnington Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bonnington Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonnington Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorset Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorset Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rita Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dorset Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paragon Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ebbisham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebbisham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kibworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Albert Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobbett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rita Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rita Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rita Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kennington Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heyford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heyford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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