Crime Rates at Childs Place, London, SW5 9RX

Childs Place area has the 29th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 185th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Childs Place (SW5 9RX) in the last 12 months was 202.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Childs Place (SW5 9RX), 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.