Lanthanum and nitrogen co-doped SrTiO3 was prepared by a mechanochemical reaction using SrTiO3, urea and La2O3 as the raw materials. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectrometer, transmission electron microscopy, and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm measurements. Lanthanum doping could increase the doping content of nitrogen in the sample. The sample prepared with 0.2 mol% La2O3, 22 mol% urea and 77.8 mol% SrTiO3 by mechanochemical reaction, which has nearly the same nitrogen and lanthanum doping fractions, exhibited high photocatalytic activities. Under the irradiation of light with wavelength larger than 400, and 290 nm, the photocatalytic activity of nitrogen and lanthanum co-doped SrTiO3 were 2.6 and 2 times greater than that of pure SrTiO3.