Total Crime Rate
343.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ponsonby Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Pimlico North , and the 187th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
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 Ponsonby Place (SW1P 4PR) in the last 12 months was 343.1 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% higher than the Pimlico North average (183.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 134.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ponsonby Place (SW1P 4PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regency Street, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bessborough Gardens (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Vincent Square| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bulinga Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bessborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Causton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Causton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bessborough Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bessborough Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Drummond Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Drummond Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drummond Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bessborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bessborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Page Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pimlico | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pimlico | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pimlico | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pimlico | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pimlico | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pimlico | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bulinga Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Balvaird Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bessborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Causton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Page Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bessborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B326 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bulinga Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bulinga Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bulinga Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Atterbury Street | — |
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