Total Crime Rate

101.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.7 8/10
  • Other theft 22.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.3 9/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.3 3/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Linden Gardens area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Colville , and the 179th lowest 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 Linden Gardens (W2 4EU) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.0% lower than the Colville average (282.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -81.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linden Gardens (W2 4EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bulmer Mews, where police recorded 182 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Linden Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rede Place —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pembridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Bulmer Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bulmer Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulmer Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pembridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pembridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pembridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pembridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pembridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Peel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Peel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kensington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kensington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bulmer Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portobello Mews —
Sep 2025Other theft A4206 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dawson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pembridge Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pembridge Square —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pembridge Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ossington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pembridge Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Portobello Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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