Grove Green vs Kennington

Grove Green has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 10,448 crimes in the last 12 months. Kennington has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 23,972 crimes. Both areas score equally on the safety index.

Grove Green shows a year-on-year crime trend of -1% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Kennington shows +3.4% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Grove Green, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (2,455 incidents). In Kennington, it is Violent Crime (4,845 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Grove Green recorded 2,455 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Kennington recorded 4,630. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Grove Green totalled 2,376 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 4,845 in Kennington. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Grove Green recorded 10,548 crimes (now 10,448, a change of -1%). Kennington recorded 23,174 crimes previously (now 23,972, +3.4%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Grove Green has a resolution rate of 28.5% and Kennington has 38.3%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Grove Green falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Kennington is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Grove Green and Kennington. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.