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Kensington and Chelsea crime statistics

Published street-level crime across the whole Kensington and Chelsea local authority, using ONS geography and resident population estimates.

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: Kensington and Chelsea local authority (2023 boundary).

Counts cover published, geographically assignable Police.uk street-level records. Anti-social behaviour is shown separately and excluded from crime rates. British Transport Police records are included when published; missing force submissions are identified. Boundary source.

July 20261,661published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour469separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents140.3Excludes ASB and transport police · latest 12 months

Kensington and Chelsea: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 1,661 crime records and 469 anti-social behaviour records for Kensington and Chelsea local authority (2023 boundary) in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 20,440.

The resident population used is 145,734, from ONS mid-2025 estimates on the same local-authority geography. Dividing the annual territorial-force crime count (excluding British Transport Police and ASB) by this population gives 140.3 crimes per 1,000 residents. This is a reporting rate, not the probability that a resident will experience crime. Visitors, commuters and nightlife can affect busy areas. Population source.

British Transport Police has missing submissions in this period. Its records are included in the monthly category totals when supplied, but excluded consistently from annual rates and comparisons in both years. The rate covers published territorial-force street-level crimes; it is not an all-crime rate.

Monthly crime trend

24 reporting months, with anti-social behaviour listed separately. A missing month is not shown as a true zero.

View all 24 months and coverage
MonthCrimesASBCoverage
July 20261,661469Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 20261,608451Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 20261,507490Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 20261,488380Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 20261,586412Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 20261,432342Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 20261,610354Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 20251,662376Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 20251,679403Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 20251,876405Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 20251,702394Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 20252,629512Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 20251,910475Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 20251,925466Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 20251,828486Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 20251,714433Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 20251,735424Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 20251,689367Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 20251,684382Territorial submission present
December 20241,797384Territorial submission present
November 20241,959364Territorial submission present
October 20241,991410Territorial submission present
September 20241,801409Territorial submission present
August 20242,389474Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by -7.6% compared with the preceding 12 months (22,120 → 20,440). Comparisons use crimes excluding ASB and British Transport Police, the same area boundary and 12 months in each period.

Interactive anonymised crime map

Explore the latest month within the outlined boundary. Markers group published approximate locations into small grid cells; they do not identify the exact building or address of an offence.

Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors. Crime data: Police.uk. Records without usable coordinates can appear in authority totals but cannot be plotted. Zoom and select a marker to see its category counts.

Crime categories in July 2026

Published category counts; anti-social behaviour is a separate non-crime category
CategoryRecordsShare
Anti-social behaviour46922.0%
Violence and sexual offences41719.6%
Shoplifting36016.9%
Other theft26712.5%
Vehicle crime1627.6%
Theft from the person1105.2%
Burglary1085.1%
Public order944.4%
Drugs432.0%
Robbery371.7%
Bicycle theft341.6%
Other crime150.7%
Possession of weapons80.4%
Criminal damage and arson60.3%

Outcomes recorded for these crimes

The latest outcome attached to crimes reported in July 2026, as supplied in this archive. These are not all decisions made during that month. ASB has no crime outcome; an unrecorded outcome does not prove an investigation has ended.

Latest supplied outcomes for the selected crime cohort, excluding ASB
CategoryRecordsShare
Investigation complete; no suspect identified73144.0%
Under investigation71543.0%
Unable to prosecute suspect1569.4%
Awaiting court outcome412.5%
Local resolution80.5%
Formal action is not in the public interest40.2%
Action to be taken by another organisation30.2%
Further investigation is not in the public interest20.1%
Offender given penalty notice10.1%

Compare nearby local authorities

Nearest area centres, using the same 12-month reporting window and area type. Overlapping neighbourhoods and court areas must not be added together.

AreaAnnual territorial crimesPer 1,000 residents
Hammersmith and Fulham20,114105.7
Westminster73,475346.0
Camden37,551173.3
Wandsworth26,06576.7
Lambeth38,113121.3

Rates reflect published street-level records. British Transport Police and ASB are excluded consistently from annual figures. Differences in visitors, reporting and recording practices still limit comparisons.

Local police and neighbourhood team

Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial force identified for this area’s reference point.

Published neighbourhood: Campden. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (7)
  • Alexander PurnellSergeant
  • Alexandra McDonaghSuperintendent
  • Charlotte LeggInspector
  • Grace QuispePCSO
  • Jean-Pierre CarmierInspector
  • Liam SzczepanskiPolice Constable
  • Sunny SpencerPolice Contable

Call 999 in an emergency. For non-emergency reporting, use the force’s official website or 101.

Nearby police stations and police locations

Distances are straight-line estimates from the report’s reference point. OpenStreetMap may include operational offices without public counters; confirm visitor access and opening times with the police before travelling.

Station location data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence.

How these statistics are collected

We aggregate the Police.uk monthly bulk archive across submitting forces. Local-authority records are assigned with the ONS 2021 LSOA-to-2023 local-authority lookup, with spatial assignment when an LSOA match is absent. Neighbourhood and court-area counts use the published anonymised coordinates inside the displayed boundary. Non-empty duplicate crime identifiers are removed within each reporting month; anonymous ASB records are retained.

Coordinates are anonymised before publication and grouped again for this map. Unreported incidents, records without a usable location, some offence types and missing force submissions are outside these figures. Whole-area geographic coverage does not mean every crime is included.

Missing submissions during the latest 12 months include: British Transport Police. Read current Police.uk coverage notes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology and population calculation.