Total Crime Rate

132.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 132.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 42.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Other theft 23.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 23.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.6 9/10
  • Burglary 11.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sydney Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Chelsea Riverside , and the 219th lowest crime rate of 480 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sydney Street (SW3 6PP) in the last 12 months was 132.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sydney Street (SW3 6PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pelham Street, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sydney Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Draycott Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pelham Street
Apr 2026Other theft Pelham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pelham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Pelham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pelham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pelham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Pelham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pelham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pelham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pelham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pelham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pelham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hemus Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hemus Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Draycott Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Bury Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Guthrie Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dovehouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Manresa Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manresa Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cale Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cale Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cale Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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