Total Crime Rate
483.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kings Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 56th 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 Kings Road (SW10 0SZ) in the last 12 months was 483.2 per 1,000 residents and was 237.5% higher than the Chelsea Riverside average (143.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 106.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Road (SW10 0SZ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fernshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wandon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rumbold Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Finborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rumbold Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rumbold Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thorndike Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorndike Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tetcott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fernshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fernshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hortensia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upcerne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Upcerne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Upcerne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upcerne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hortensia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edith Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edith Terrace | Under investigation |
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