Total Crime Rate
429.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
218.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Danvers Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 63rd 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 Danvers Street (SW3 5AY) in the last 12 months was 429.6 per 1,000 residents and was 187.6% higher than the Chelsea Riverside average (149.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 218.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Danvers Street (SW3 5AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaufort Street, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Danvers Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelsea Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danvers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moravian Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moravian Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Danvers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mallord Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mallord Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulberry Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mulberry Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mulberry Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Paultons Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paultons Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlyle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Danvers Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Danvers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheyne Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Danvers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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