Total Crime Rate

204.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 204.7 9/10
  • Other theft 46.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 41.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 27.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 18.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 18.6 6/10
  • Drugs 14.0 9/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.3 2/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ponsonby Terrace area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Pimlico North , and the 285th 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 Terrace (SW1P 4QA) in the last 12 months was 204.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% higher than the Pimlico North average (183.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ponsonby Terrace (SW1P 4QA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ponsonby Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balvaird Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erasmus Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rampayne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cureton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cureton Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lindsay Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lindsay Square —
Apr 2026Drugs Esterbrooke Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Causton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Causton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Causton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Drummond Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Drummond Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Drummond Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Drummond Gate —
Apr 2026Other theft Balvaird Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balvaird Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balvaird Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Regency Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Regency Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rampayne Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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