Total Crime Rate
80.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ovington Street area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 127th lowest crime rate of 480 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 2JB) in the last 12 months was 80.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower than the Brompton & Hans Town average (270.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ovington Street (SW3 2JB), the main crime hotspot is near Brompton Road. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brompton & Hans Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lennox Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clabon Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawlings Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brompton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brompton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brompton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brompton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beauchamp Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sprimont Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosemoor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosemoor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clabon Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Draycott Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montpelier Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ovington Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ovington Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ovington Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yeoman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yeoman'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheval Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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