Total Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 97.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 17.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Royal Hospital Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 164th 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 Royal Hospital Road (SW3 4HW) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% lower than the Chelsea Riverside average (143.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 28.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Hospital Road (SW3 4HW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 138 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Royal Hospital Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ralston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft A3217 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Tite Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Redburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Robinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embankment Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Flood Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Theft from the person West Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Square —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Leonard'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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