Total Crime Rate
778.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lincoln Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 19th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lincoln Street (SW3 2TR) in the last 12 months was 778.3 per 1,000 residents and was 187.6% higher than the Brompton & Hans Town average (270.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 106.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lincoln Street (SW3 2TR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 458 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Royal Hospital| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sloane Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Culford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cadogan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Culford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lincoln Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Culford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Culford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cheltenham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cheltenham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sloane Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cadogan Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cadogan Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Symons Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lincoln Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clabon Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Markham Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Royal Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sloane Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denyer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Denyer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Draycott Avenue | — |
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