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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Knightsbridge 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 Knightsbridge, 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 Knightsbridge. 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 Knightsbridge

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Mayfair (0.88 miles)	4722
Earl’s Court (1.39 miles)	2036
Kensington (1.24 miles)	1857
Belgravia (0.62 miles)	1481
South Kensington (0.88 miles)	1292
Knightsbridge	1153
Brompton	1153
Pimlico (1.39 miles)	1152
St James (1.39 miles)	1025
Chelsea (1.24 miles)	893

Where are the most violent places near Knightsbridge?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
St James	599
Earl’s Court	578
Mayfair	520
Kensington	461
South Kensington	274
Pimlico	256
Belgravia	231
Chelsea	223
Knightsbridge	187
Brompton	187

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

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 Knightsbridge 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 Knightsbridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Knightsbridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Knightsbridge 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 Knightsbridge has the highest level of crime?

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