Total Crime Rate

98.4 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 98.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bedford Gardens area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Campden , and the 166th 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 Bedford Gardens (W8 7EE) in the last 12 months was 98.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% lower than the Campden average (180.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedford Gardens (W8 7EE), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Bedford Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Airlie Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Linden Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newcombe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcombe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Berkeley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Berkeley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kensington Mall Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kensington Mall Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Linden Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Linden Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dukes Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gregory Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gregory Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Vicarage Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Vicarage Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Gardens Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kensington Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Melon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Melon Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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