Total Crime Rate

209.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

83.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 209.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 83.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.8 9/10
  • Other theft 32.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Drugs 11.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Myatt Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Kennington , and the 156th highest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Myatt Road (SW9 6XE) in the last 12 months was 209.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% 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 , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 83.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myatt Road (SW9 6XE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 229 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Myatt Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/64)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tindal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fitzpatrick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Councillor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Halsmere Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Patmos Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Patmos Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cormont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cormont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Warham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cadman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flodden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Lothian Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lothian Road Under investigation
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 2026Criminal damage and arson Warham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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