Borough safety · Inner London · data through August 2026

How safe is Kensington and Chelsea, London?

Kensington and Chelsea, London covers 18 neighbourhoods in SafeRoute's Inner London index. Its median safety index is 60/100 — close to the Inner London median of 60. Royal Hospital scores highest at 70/100; Golborne lowest at 35/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighbourhood's centre — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 0 of 18 neighbourhoods here rate low risk, 12 moderate, 6 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighbourhood in Kensington and Chelsea, safest first

Neighbourhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 Royal Hospital	70/100	Moderate	356
2 Chelsea Riverside	67/100	Moderate	341
3 Stanley	64/100	Moderate	421
4 Brompton & Hans Town	61/100	Moderate	554
5 Courtfield	61/100	Moderate	516
6 Holland	61/100	Moderate	490
7 Queen's Gate	61/100	Moderate	534
8 Abingdon	60/100	Moderate	551
9 Campden	60/100	Moderate	549
10 Redcliffe	59/100	Moderate	509
11 Earl's Court	58/100	Moderate	546
12 Dalgarno	53/100	Moderate	615
13 Norland	45/100	Elevated	1,024
14 St. Helen's	44/100	Elevated	946
15 Notting Dale	43/100	Elevated	1,054
16 Pembridge	40/100	Elevated	1,123
17 Colville	36/100	Elevated	1,280
18 Golborne	35/100	Elevated	1,304

How Kensington and Chelsea compares across Inner London

Boroughs (safest first)	Median index	Neighbourhoods
Greenwich	80/100	23
Wandsworth	75/100	22
Lewisham	74/100	19
Hammersmith and Fulham	62/100	21
Kensington and Chelsea (this page)	60/100	18
Hackney	59/100	21
Lambeth	58/100	25
Southwark	57/100	23
Camden	57/100	20
Tower Hamlets	54/100	20
Islington	50/100	17
Westminster	48/100	18

Common questions

What is the safest neighbourhood in Kensington and Chelsea, London?

Royal Hospital has the highest SafeRoute safety index in Kensington and Chelsea, London, at 70/100 (moderate), from 356 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. Chelsea Riverside (67/100) and Stanley (64/100) follow.

Which neighbourhood in Kensington and Chelsea, London has the most reported crime?

Golborne has the lowest index in Kensington and Chelsea, London, at 35/100, with 1,304 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. A low score means more is reported around that centre, which busy commercial and transport areas produce simply by having more people in them — it is not a measure of how dangerous a resident's street is.

Is Kensington and Chelsea, London safe?

Across its 18 neighbourhoods the median SafeRoute safety index is 60/100, against 60 across Inner London. 0 rate low risk, 12 moderate, 6 elevated and 0 high risk. These describe reported crime only and vary widely within the borough — check the individual neighbourhood rather than reading one number for the whole of it.

How is the SafeRoute safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each police-recorded incident by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre, and normalises against national crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The figure shown for Kensington and Chelsea, London is the median of its 18 neighbourhoods — the borough is not measured separately.

Methodology

Each incident published by the police (via data.police.uk, Open Government Licence) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every ward we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its centre (ONS December 2025 ward centroids), and normalise onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Incident locations are anonymised by the police to nearby snap points, so the maps show streets rather than exact addresses. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares neighbourhoods within Inner London. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — London's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.