Total Crime Rate
132.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sydney 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.
View Crime In Stanley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycott Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemus Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hemus Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bury Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guthrie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dovehouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Manresa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manresa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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