Total Crime Rate
123.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ovington Street area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 213th lowest 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 Ovington Street (SW3 2JA) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ovington Street (SW3 2JA), the main crime hotspot is near Brompton Road. Police recorded 159 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shafto Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Egerton Gardens Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cheval Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brompton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Denyer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shafto Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hasker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shafto Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hasker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lennox Gardens Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Egerton Gardens Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Catherines Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rawlings Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rawlings Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glynde Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Moore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadogan Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Egerton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadogan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Egerton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Egerton Gardens Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Egerton Gardens Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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