Crime Rates at Claylands Road, London, SW8 1NY

Claylands Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kennington , and the 65th 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 Claylands Road (SW8 1NY) in the last 12 months was 472.7 per 1,000 residents and was 292.6% higher than the Kennington average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 138.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Claylands Road (SW8 1NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oval, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Magee Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.