Total Crime Rate

240.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 240.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 70.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 60.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 55.0 10/10
  • Other theft 30.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Robbery 20.0 10/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Sloane Square area has the 28th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 150th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sloane Square (SW1W 8AG) in the last 12 months was 240.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.7% higher than the Chelsea Riverside average (149.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 143.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sloane Square (SW1W 8AG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 310 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sloane Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/84)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bunhouse Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holbein Mews —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Holbein Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Symons Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Symons Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cadogan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Holbein Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Eaton Place Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary A3216 Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ellis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sloane Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Holbein Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Lincoln Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coulson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holbein Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holbein Mews —
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Holbein Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sloane Square —
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Culford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sloane Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sloane Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sloane Court East Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sloane Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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