Total Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 49.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 24.8 5/10
  • Other theft 19.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.4 3/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bonnington Square area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 352nd highest crime rate of 768 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 Bonnington Square (SW8 1TG) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower than the Oval average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bonnington Square (SW8 1TG), the main crime hotspot is near Vauxhall. Police recorded 236 crimes here, including 79 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bonnington Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/127)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Kennington Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oval Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lawn Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Stanley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Stanley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Glyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kennington Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oval Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Langley Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oval Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Oswald'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Oswald'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Carroun Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Mews —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ebbisham Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawn Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goding Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Goding Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Vauxhall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Goding Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Goding Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Goding Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Goding Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Goding Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Goding Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Goding Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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