Total Crime Rate
600.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kings Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 36th highest crime rate of 503 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 Kings Road (SW3 4NX) in the last 12 months was 600.0 per 1,000 residents and was 319.1% higher 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 53 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 Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 97.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 110.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Road (SW3 4NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sloane Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Luke'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Danube Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Danube Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Danube Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Danube Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jubilee Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burnsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Robinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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