Total Crime Rate

390.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 390.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.8 10/10
  • Public order 48.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.5 10/10
  • Drugs 35.1 10/10
  • Burglary 30.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.7 10/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Robbery 13.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 8.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thorndike Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 78th 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 Thorndike Close (SW10 0ST) in the last 12 months was 390.4 per 1,000 residents and was 172.6% higher than the Chelsea Riverside average (143.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 153.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorndike Close (SW10 0ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redcliffe Gardens, where police recorded 187 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thorndike Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hortensia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hortensia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Burnaby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redcliffe Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Burnaby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burnaby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Redcliffe Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Finborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Damer Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redcliffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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