Total Crime Rate

673.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 673.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 309.8 10/10
  • Other theft 157.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 108.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 43.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Robbery 10.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Lower Sloane Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 24th 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 Lower Sloane Street (SW1W 8DA) in the last 12 months was 673.9 per 1,000 residents and was 351.2% higher than the Chelsea Riverside average (149.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 17.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Sloane Street (SW1W 8DA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 315 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Sloane Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/61)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cheltenham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sloane Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sloane Square —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wilbraham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wilbraham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wilbraham Place —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sloane Court West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Franklin'S Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sloane Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sloane Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sloane Court East Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holbein Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pimlico Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bunhouse Place —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Caroline Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rembrandt Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rembrandt Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Holbein Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holbein Mews —
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Data Sources

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