Total Crime Rate
451.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sumner Place area has the 15th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 59th 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 Sumner Place (SW7 3EG) in the last 12 months was 451.4 per 1,000 residents and was 66.8% higher than the Brompton & Hans Town average (270.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sumner Place (SW7 3EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pelham Street, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Courtfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clareville Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Neville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnaby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnaby Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnaby Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnaby Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cromwell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendrick Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bute Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cromwell Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Mews | — |
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