Crime Rates at Claylands Road, London, SW8 1PJ

Claylands 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 Claylands Road (SW8 1PJ) 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 Claylands Road (SW8 1PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ebbisham Drive, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oval Way (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.