Total Crime Rate
102.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kelso Place area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 172nd lowest crime rate of 480 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 Kelso Place (W8 5QD) in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.2% lower than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 21.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kelso Place (W8 5QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Collingham Place, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gaspar Mews (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Queen's Gate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mcleod'S Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collingham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collingham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collingham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kensington Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtfield Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Osten Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Collingham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Collingham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Osten Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collingham Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtfield Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thackeray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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