Total Crime Rate
121.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Usborne Mews area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 332nd highest crime rate of 768 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 Usborne Mews (SW8 1LR) in the last 12 months was 121.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 56.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Usborne Mews (SW8 1LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ebbisham Drive, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hampson Way (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rita Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Albert Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carroun Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobbett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobbett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richborne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morat Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebbisham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kennington Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kennington Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claylands Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Claylands Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Island Place | — |
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