Total Crime Rate
255.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Brompton Road 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 Old Brompton Road (SW5 9LD) 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 Old Brompton Road (SW5 9LD), the main crime hotspot is near Penywern Road. Police recorded 193 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Earl's Court| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Manor Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penywern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trebovir Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trebovir Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penywern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Manor Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Manor Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Manor Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Old Manor Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eardley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trebovir Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eardley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Manor Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Manor Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Micklethwaite Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Manor Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Manor Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Manor Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Roxby Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trebovir Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Manor Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Brompton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kempsford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kempsford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kempsford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempsford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penywern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penywern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Brompton | Under investigation |
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