Total Crime Rate
165.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheltenham Terrace area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 221st highest crime rate of 480 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 Cheltenham Terrace (SW3 4RD) in the last 12 months was 165.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% higher than the Chelsea Riverside average (149.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheltenham Terrace (SW3 4RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 317 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rawlings Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Royal Hospital| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cadogan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cadogan Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anderson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lincoln Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coulson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Symons Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Symons Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bray Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bray Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anderson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rawlings Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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