Total Crime Rate
407.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chesham Place area has the 26th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 157th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chesham Place (SW1X 8HB) in the last 12 months was 407.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -64.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 96.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesham Place (SW1X 8HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harriet Walk (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowndes Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sedding Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Mews West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Mews North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eaton Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eaton Gate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chesham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sloane Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sloane Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | D'Oyley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedding Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sedding Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sedding Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilbraham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wilbraham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wilbraham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Belgrave Mews South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | B319 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowndes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lowndes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscobel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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