Total Crime Rate

125.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.4 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 125.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 36.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Drugs 20.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Kenchester Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Oval , and the 321st highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kenchester Close (SW8 2TY) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% lower than the Oval average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kenchester Close (SW8 2TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 321 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trenchold Street (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kenchester Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/150)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Luscombe Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Trenchold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Mawbey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mawbey Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trenchold Street —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Trenchold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Trenchold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Trenchold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Trenchold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyvil Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Trenchold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Trenchold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trenchold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trenchold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trenchold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trenchold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Luscombe Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyvil Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorne Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Miles Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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