Total Crime Rate
1000.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
283.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earls Court Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 14th 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 Earls Court Gardens (SW5 0SZ) in the last 12 months was 1000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 583.1% higher than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 283.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earls Court Gardens (SW5 0SZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Penywern Road, where police recorded 193 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Earl's Court| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kenway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bramham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morton Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Morton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Morton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barkston Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barkston Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farnell Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bramham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knaresborough Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penywern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penywern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penywern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penywern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penywern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Child'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Manor Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penywern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wetherby Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Manor Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Old Manor Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wetherby Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wetherby Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Earl'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wetherby Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wetherby Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Manor Yard | Under investigation |
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