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South Kensington

9,514 people · median £1,045,000 · Kensington and Chelsea

Kensington and Chelsea Council · Conservative-controlled   34/50 seats · 68% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This neighbourhood

Crime runs at 9.2 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.3 average across districts AcreRight covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

627691105Jun 2025May 202688
Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood
Per 1,000 / month9.2
Average across AcreRight-covered districts9.3
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Anti-social behaviour
234
Violence and sexual offences
220
Other theft
169
Vehicle crime
99
Burglary
87
Criminal damage and arson
46
Recorded crimes by category within this neighbourhood, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are) · police.uk
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