Total Crime Rate
399.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
149.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kings Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 67th highest crime rate of 480 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 0TX) in the last 12 months was 399.1 per 1,000 residents and was 167.2% higher than the Chelsea Riverside average (149.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 149.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Road (SW10 0TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redcliffe Gardens, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelsea Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tetcott Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gwyn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hortensia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rewell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wandon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wandon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterfront Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorndike Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashburnham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorndike Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tetcott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edith Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunter Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upcerne Road | — |
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