Total Crime Rate
701.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Brompton Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 24th highest crime rate of 503 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Brompton Road (SW7 3HT) in the last 12 months was 701.2 per 1,000 residents and was 119.4% 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 Other theft with 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 118.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 148.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Brompton Road (SW7 3HT), the main crime hotspot is near Exhibition Road. Police recorded 168 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranley Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cromwell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Thurloe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurloe Place Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thurloe Place Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cromwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sumner Place Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cromwell Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cromwell Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cromwell Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendower Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glendower Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurloe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Thurloe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thurloe Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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