Crime Rates at Earls Court Road, London, SW5 9RH

Earls Court Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 46th 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 Road (SW5 9RH) in the last 12 months was 526.3 per 1,000 residents and was 259.5% higher than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 173.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Earls Court Road (SW5 9RH), 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.