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

Crime statistics for Knightsbridge, London

There were a total of 1237 street level crime incidents in Knightsbridge in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Other Theft, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Other Theft220
Vehicle Crime213
Theft From The Person173
Violent Crime158
Anti Social Behaviour147
Shoplifting89
Burglary56
Criminal Damage Arson54
Robbery42
Public Order42
Drugs23
Bicycle Theft13
Possession Of Weapons4
Other Crime3
All Crime1237

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
St James (1.39 miles)6433
Mayfair (0.88 miles)3117
Belgravia (0.62 miles)1531
Pimlico (1.39 miles)1521
South Kensington (0.88 miles)1425
Earl’s Court (1.39 miles)1385
Kensington (1.24 miles)1285
Knightsbridge1237
Brompton1237
Chelsea (1.24 miles)1063

60.36%
of Brompton & Hans Town residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
St James634
Earl’s Court310
Mayfair287
South Kensington275
Kensington262
Pimlico251
Chelsea202
Belgravia200
Knightsbridge158
Brompton158

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.

#WardScore
1Parsons Green and Walham73
2Earl's Court70
3Redcliffe60
4Stanley55
5Royal Hospital51
6Courtfield51
7Abingdon50
8Brompton & Hans Town48
9Knightsbridge and Belgravia46
10Warwick43
11Queen's Gate36

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 this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
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