Total Crime Rate

547.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 547.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 124.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 124.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 94.9 9/10
  • Other theft 73.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.2 10/10
  • Burglary 21.9 10/10
  • Public order 21.9 9/10
  • Drugs 14.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 8/10
  • 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

Kensington Church Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Campden , and the 46th 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 Kensington Church Street (W8 4EP) in the last 12 months was 547.5 per 1,000 residents and was 202.8% higher than the Campden average (180.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 21.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kensington Church Street (W8 4EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 236 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Kensington Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Court Place
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Court Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Court Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Court Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Court Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Old Court Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Court Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Court Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kensington Palace Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kensington Square
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kensington Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Court Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kensington Church Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kensington Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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