Crime Rates at Fawcett Street, London, SW10 9EY

Fawcett Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Courtfield , and the 29th 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 Fawcett Street (SW10 9EY) in the last 12 months was 644.4 per 1,000 residents and was 296.3% higher than the Courtfield average (162.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 128 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 966.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fawcett Street (SW10 9EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redcliffe Gardens, where police recorded 189 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hollywood Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.