Total Crime Rate
373.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lowndes Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 503 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lowndes Street (SW1X 9JF) in the last 12 months was 373.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% higher than the Brompton & Hans Town average (319.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lowndes Street (SW1X 9JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albert Gate (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Basil Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | B319 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B319 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B319 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hans Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hans Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B319 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sloane Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hans Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lowndes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowndes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | B319 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadogan Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chesham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harriet Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hans Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hans Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harriet Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | William Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | William Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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