Crime in SW3: Chelsea, London
data.police.uk recorded 1,079 street-level crimes at the representative point for SW3 (Chelsea, London) in Aug 2026. The most common category was anti-social behaviour (197 reports, 18.3% of the total). The monthly total fell versus the month before. That is roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area.
Prime central Chelsea, a low-density affluent residential district.
Crime by category in SW3
Every street-level crime recorded near the SW3 representative point in Aug 2026, by Home Office category, most common first:
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 197 | 18.3% |
| Violence and sexual offences | 195 | 18.1% |
| Other theft | 188 | 17.4% |
| Shoplifting | 146 | 13.5% |
| Vehicle crime | 85 | 7.9% |
| Theft from the person | 83 | 7.7% |
| Burglary | 63 | 5.8% |
| Public order | 55 | 5.1% |
| Bicycle theft | 25 | 2.3% |
| Robbery | 16 | 1.5% |
| Drugs | 13 | 1.2% |
| Other crime | 8 | 0.7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 | 0.3% |
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 0.2% |
1,079 crimes recorded in Aug 2026. data.police.uk snaps each crime to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points, so counts describe the area around the SW3 centroid, not a single street or property.
SW3 crime trend: last 6 months
The monthly recorded-crime total at the SW3 representative point. The recent monthly average is 1,056 crimes. A single outcode is a small sample, so read the direction rather than any single month.
Source: data.police.uk crimes-street API. The dataset publishes monthly with a ~1–2 month lag; the latest month shown is the newest the API had on the last refresh.
How safe is SW3?
In Aug 2026, SW3 was roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area. Recorded crime is not the same as risk: city-centre and high-footfall outcodes record more crime simply because more people pass through them, and recorded figures reflect reporting and policing as well as offending. Use this as area context alongside the price, flood and ground-stability picture, not in isolation.
1,079 recorded crimes · Aug 2026 · anti-social behaviour most common
See the crime mapped to one SW3 address
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Frequently asked questions
How much crime is there in SW3?
data.police.uk recorded 1,079 street-level crimes in SW3 (Chelsea, London) in Aug 2026, against a recent monthly average of 1,056 over the last 6 months. The largest single category was anti-social behaviour, at 18.3% of reports. These are reports snapped to anonymised map points near the outcode centroid, not a per-property figure.
What are the most common crimes in SW3?
In Aug 2026 the most common recorded categories in SW3 were anti-social behaviour (197), violence and sexual offences (195), other theft (188). The full category breakdown is in the table above, taken straight from the Home Office crime categories on data.police.uk.
Is SW3 getting safer or more dangerous?
Over the last 6 months of data.police.uk data, the monthly recorded-crime total for SW3 fell most recently and averaged 1,056 crimes a month. A single outcode is a small sample and recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as underlying offending, so read the trend, not one month in isolation.
How accurate is the crime data for SW3?
It is official Home Office data published on data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. Each crime is snapped to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points near where it happened (never the exact address), so figures describe the area around the outcode centroid, not a single property. Search an exact address on HouseCheckup to see the crimes mapped closest to it in the full report.
Crime in nearby areas
Prime central London around Westminster and St James's, a dense government and tourism district.
Battersea and Clapham Junction, a busy riverside district around one of the UK's busiest stations.
Wandsworth and Earlsfield, a residential commuter district inside Zone 2/3.
Wimbledon, a busy town-centre and residential family district.
Brixton Hill and Streatham Hill, a dense south London residential district in Lambeth.
South Lambeth and Nine Elms, a dense riverside regeneration district.
Sources
- Street-level crime data, data.police.uk (Home Office)
- Outcode geocoding, postcodes.io
Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.