Total Crime Rate

254.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 254.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 127.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 39.2 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 24.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kings Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 144th 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 5ER) in the last 12 months was 254.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 23.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (SW3 5ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Park Gardens, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Danvers Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Kings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/45)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Park Gardens —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chelsea Park Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamont Road Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Danvers Street —
Sep 2025Public order Danvers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Danvers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Danvers Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Danvers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ann Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elm Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ann Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ann Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bramerton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bramerton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bramerton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blantyre Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamont Road Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riley Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blantyre Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Moravian Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beaufort Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beaufort Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elm Park Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Moravian Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Riley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting King'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person King'S Road 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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