Crime Rates at First Street, London, SW3 2LD

First 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 First Street (SW3 2LD) 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 First Street (SW3 2LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Egerton Gardens Mews, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rawlings Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.