Total Crime Rate
304.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Brompton Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 109th 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 3LE) in the last 12 months was 304.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% lower than the Brompton & Hans Town average (319.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Brompton Road (SW7 3LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glendower Place, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnaby Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reece Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Queensberry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Queensberry Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kendrick Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kendrick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kendrick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bute Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kendrick Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kendrick Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnaby Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glendower Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glendower Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glendower Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glendower Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glendower Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glendower Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glendower Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Glendower Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendower Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cromwell Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cromwell Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cromwell Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sumner Place Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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