Crime Statistics for Brompton, London, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Brompton in September 2024. There were a total of 1153 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brompton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	187
Anti Social Behaviour	181
Theft From The Person	162
Other Theft	145
Vehicle Crime	127
Shoplifting	108
Burglary	54
Public Order	47
Robbery	42
Criminal Damage Arson	39
Drugs	27
Bicycle Theft	23
Other Crime	9
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	1153

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brompton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Brompton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Brompton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Brompton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
St James (1.39 miles)	3775
Pimlico (1.39 miles)	1892
Belgravia (0.62 miles)	1481
Brompton	1153
Earl’s Court (1.39 miles)	1092
South Kensington (0.88 miles)	1082
Kensington (1.24 miles)	1038
Chelsea (1.24 miles)	893
Knightsbridge	694
Mayfair (0.88 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Brompton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Brompton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
St James	594
Pimlico	398
Earl’s Court	270
South Kensington	264
Knightsbridge	240
Belgravia	231
Kensington	226
Chelsea	223
Brompton	187
Mayfair	4

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Brompton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Brompton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Brompton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brompton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Brompton is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Parsons Green and Walham	73
2	Earl's Court	70
3	Redcliffe	60
4	Stanley	55
5	Royal Hospital	51
6	Courtfield	51
7	Abingdon	50
8	Brompton & Hans Town	48
9	Knightsbridge and Belgravia	46
10	Warwick	43
11	Queen's Gate	36

Which road in Brompton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Brompton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Pont Street.