Total Crime Rate

17.9 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 17.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Physic Place area has the lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 14th lowest crime rate of 503 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Physic Place (SW3 4HQ) in the last 12 months was 17.9 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% lower than the Chelsea Riverside average (143.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Physic Place (SW3 4HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Robinson Street, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dilke Street (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Physic Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embankment Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Robinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Leonard'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Redburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Tite Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person West Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Flood Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ralston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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