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Crime · Kennington
Reported crime in Kennington
1,532 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 105 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,532
Rate / 1,000
105
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 557 | 36% |
| Anti social behaviour | 298 | 19% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 148 | 10% |
| Shoplifting | 105 | 7% |
| Other theft | 101 | 7% |
| Public order | 85 | 6% |
| Burglary | 52 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 45 | 3% |
| Other crime | 45 | 3% |
| Drugs | 42 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 29 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 13 | 1% |
| Robbery | 7 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 5 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 39 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 40 | 45 | 71 | 37 | 61 | 53 | 24 | 42 | 557 |
| Anti social behaviour | 31 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 298 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 148 |
| Shoplifting | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 105 |
| Other theft | 15 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 101 |
| Public order | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 85 |
| Burglary | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 52 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 45 | ||
| Other crime | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 45 |
| Drugs | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 42 | |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total | 125 | 122 | 105 | 132 | 141 | 146 | 155 | 115 | 147 | 136 | 85 | 123 | 1532 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Kennington, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 14,631.