Total Crime Rate
206.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadow Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 160th 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 Meadow Road (SW8 1LU) in the last 12 months was 206.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% higher than the Kennington average (124.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 109.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadow Road (SW8 1LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harleyford Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oval| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleyford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | 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 | Oval Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Dolland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carroun Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswald'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswald'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleyford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kennington Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kennington Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richborne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oval Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bonnington Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bonnington Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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