Total Crime Rate

654.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 654.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 205.3 10/10
  • Other theft 178.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 53.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.0 9/10
  • Robbery 26.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 22.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pelham Crescent area has the 10th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 28th highest crime rate of 503 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 Pelham Crescent (SW7 2NR) in the last 12 months was 654.0 per 1,000 residents and was 104.6% higher than the Brompton & Hans Town average (319.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 117.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 180.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pelham Crescent (SW7 2NR), the main crime hotspot is near Pelham Street. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Pelham Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glendower Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thurloe Place
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Thurloe Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thurloe Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person North Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glendower Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glendower Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glendower Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Street
Sep 2025Other theft Glendower Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glendower Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Glendower Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Glendower Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendower Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cromwell Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cromwell Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cromwell Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sumner Place Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Luke'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Place
Sep 2025Other theft Sydney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sydney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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