Crime Rates at Cottingham Road, London, SW8 1LQ

Cottingham Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 351st highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottingham Road (SW8 1LQ) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% lower than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottingham Road (SW8 1LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Ebbisham Drive. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.