Total Crime Rate
255.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kempsford Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Earl's Court , and the 141st 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 Kempsford Gardens (SW5 9LA) in the last 12 months was 255.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.4% higher than the Earl's Court average (219.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kempsford Gardens (SW5 9LA), 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 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penywern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penywern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Roxby Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Penywern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langtry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Langtry Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penywern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penywern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Spear Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl'S Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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