Crime Rates at Kensington High Street, London, W14 8QZ

Kensington High Street area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Abingdon , and the 248th lowest 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 Kensington High Street (W14 8QZ) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% lower than the Abingdon average (156.9 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kensington High Street (W14 8QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairfax Place, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Napier Place (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.