Total Crime Rate
616.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gertrude Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Courtfield , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 503 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .
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 Gertrude Street (SW10 0JG) in the last 12 months was 616.7 per 1,000 residents and was 279.3% higher than the Courtfield average (162.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 136 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -88.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 158 (≈ 338.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gertrude Street (SW10 0JG), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 231 crimes here, including 139 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Courtfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moravian Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Slaidburn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fernshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fernshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edith Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edith Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edith Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Edith Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Damer Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fernshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gertrude Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
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