Crime and Safety in West Brompton, Kensington and Chelsea
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crime in West Brompton is shoplifting, with 252 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 19. This is 13% higher than 2025's figure of 223 offences and a difference of 2.24 from 2025's crime rate of 17. West Brompton's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 2 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 33% from 2025's figure of 3 crimes.
West Brompton 2026 Crime Scorecard
32% lower, borough crime rate
London
14% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Kensington and Chelsea is 32% lower than London and 14% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Kensington and Chelsea Crime Rate Over Time
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West Brompton Crime Map
Incidents mapped in West Brompton represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to West Brompton's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around West Brompton up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of West Brompton's 23 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
West Brompton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within West Brompton has a crime risk score of 676. This is based on analysis of 23 nearby areas within West Brompton, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in West Brompton's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in West Brompton, crime risk scores are typically around 676, while in Kensington and Chelsea they are average 676.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 750 (744 for Kensington and Chelsea), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 768 (Kensington and Chelsea 777).
Trends in Crime Risk
West Brompton
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
No trend could be found in West Brompton's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in West Brompton's crime risk score is up by 15%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Over the last year, West Brompton's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 7%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
West Brompton
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
West Brompton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 12 reports per 1,000 people in West Brompton, which is 2.90 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 163 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 53 reports of Theft From the Person in West Brompton, resulting in a crime rate of 4.03 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 2.82.
The crime rate for Shoplifting is 2.70 times the national average at 19 reports per 1,000. This is from 252 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
West Brompton
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.33 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.44 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 430% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.54 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 2.55 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 40% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
West Brompton
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.58 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 2.50 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 37% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.44 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.54 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 19% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.43 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.59 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 27% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
West Brompton • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 236 | 18.02 | 1.28 | 4,985 | 27.30 | 1.93 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 30 | 2.29 | 3.63 | 350 | 1.91 | 2.62 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 77 | 5.86 | 1.87 | 1,221 | 6.68 | 2.13 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 58 | 4.42 | 0.70 | 1,036 | 5.67 | 0.90 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 23 | 1.76 | 0.62 | 1,196 | 6.57 | 2.13 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 11 | 0.84 | 1.11 | 174 | 0.96 | 0.52 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 101 | 7.73 | 1.36 | 2,988 | 16.36 | 2.88 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 2 | 0.16 | 1.07 | 126 | 0.68 | 0.80 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 48 | 3.64 | 0.63 | 1,349 | 7.38 | 1.27 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 33 | 2.53 | 2.14 | 595 | 3.27 | 2.77 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 252 | 19.22 | 2.70 | 3,501 | 19.17 | 2.69 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 53 | 4.03 | 2.82 | 1,943 | 10.65 | 6.87 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 163 | 12.46 | 2.90 | 2,156 | 11.82 | 2.75 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 221 | 16.89 | 0.56 | 5,201 | 28.48 | 0.94 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
West Brompton | Kensington and Chelsea | London | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 1,072 | 81.83 | 1.17 | 21,836 | 119.60 | 1.66 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 1,069 | 81.36 | 1.13 | 22,275 | 123.15 | 1.66 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 1,114 | 83.71 | 1.17 | 23,287 | 127.36 | 1.69 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 966 | 72.59 | 0.96 | 20,691 | 111.82 | 1.42 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 999 | 75.84 | 1.03 | 19,521 | 105.46 | 1.37 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 839 | 65.04 | 0.98 | 16,163 | 86.78 | 1.27 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 1,104 | 84.40 | 1.20 | 21,939 | 116.50 | 1.57 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 1,046 | 78.43 | 1.07 | 21,724 | 114.07 | 1.50 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 1,095 | 81.30 | 1.18 | 21,262 | 110.85 | 1.56 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 1,056 | 76.70 | 1.26 | 20,067 | 103.34 | 1.62 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 315 | 22.73 | 1.21 | 5,907 | 30.29 | 1.59 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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West Brompton Compared to Other Kensington and Chelsea Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| South Kensington | 2,348 | 78.59 | 4.0% safer |
| Chelsea | 3,224 | 113.06 | 38% more dangerous |
| Earl's Court | 2,154 | 129.17 | 58% more dangerous |
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