Total Crime Rate
170.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Penzance Place area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Colville , and the 220th 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 Penzance Place (W11 4PA) in the last 12 months was 170.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.7% lower than the Colville average (282.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penzance Place (W11 4PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Threshers Place (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Norland Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lansdowne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hippodrome Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hippodrome Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cowling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elgood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sirdar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sirdar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sirdar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rosmead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hippodrome Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosmead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ladbroke Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ladbroke Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ladbroke Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladbroke Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lansdowne Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lansdowne Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hippodrome Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lansdowne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladbroke Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Penzance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladbroke Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ladbroke Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holland Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norland Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ladbroke Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
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