Total Crime Rate

421.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 421.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 69.1 10/10
  • Other theft 47.3 10/10
  • Robbery 29.1 10/10
  • Public order 25.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 21.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.2 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Drugs 10.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Balvaird Place area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 604 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 Balvaird Place (SW1V 3SN) in the last 12 months was 421.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -73.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 149.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 248.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balvaird Place (SW1V 3SN), the main crime hotspot is near Nine Elms Lane. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Balvaird Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/64)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St George'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nine Elms Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Drummond Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Drummond Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nine Elms Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Causton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Causton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Causton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cureton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ponsonby Terrace Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Gardens —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bessborough Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nine Elms Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nine Elms Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drummond Gate —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bessborough Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bessborough Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Elms Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Elms Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nine Elms Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nine Elms Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nine Elms Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nine Elms Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nine Elms Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nine Elms Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nine Elms Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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