Crime Rates at Kings Road, London, SW3 5ES

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 5ES) 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 5ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Drayton Gardens, where police recorded 79 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.