Total Crime Rate
212.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Onslow Square area has the 36th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brompton & Hans Town , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 503 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 Onslow Square (SW7 3LS) in the last 12 months was 212.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Theft from the person ( -76.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Onslow Square (SW7 3LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pelham Street, where police recorded 135 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 | Cranley Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Cromwell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cromwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Thurloe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thurloe Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendower Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exhibition Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
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