Crime Rates in Kensington (W8)
Crime statistics for W8 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Kensington (W8)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 1,434 crimes within 1 mile of the W8 centre, against 1,289 around SW5, 1,211 around SW7, 1,645 around W14, 2,239 around W2 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in W8?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the W8 centre were Anti-social behaviour (263), Violent crime (246) and Other theft (170), out of 1,434 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full W8 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in W8?
Enter a full W8 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
W8 at a glance
1,434 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the W8 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was anti-social behaviour, at 18% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 1,434
- Most recorded category
- Anti-social behaviour (18%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police Service
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 263 | 18% |
| Violent crime | 246 | 17% |
| Other theft | 170 | 12% |
| Drugs | 165 | 12% |
| Shoplifting | 164 | 11% |
| Vehicle crime | 95 | 7% |
| Public order | 77 | 5% |
| Theft from the person | 70 | 5% |
| All other categories | 184 | 13% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the W8 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How W8 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington (W8) | 1,434 | Anti-social behaviour (18%) | — |
| SW5 | 1,289 | Anti-social behaviour (22%) | 1.1km |
| South Kensington (SW7) | 1,211 | Shoplifting (18%) | 1.3km |
| West Kensington & Olympia (W14) | 1,645 | Violent crime (24%) | 1.3km |
| Paddington & Bayswater (W2) | 2,239 | Anti-social behaviour (21%) | 1.7km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest W8, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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