Police-recorded · Kensington and Chelsea · Metropolitan Police Service
Theft from the person in Kensington and Chelsea
12 months to June 2026
12.0per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 1,744 theft from the person offences in Kensington and Chelsea in the 12 months to June 2026, down 27.9% (676) on the previous 12 months. That is 12.0 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 145,734
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
7,708
49.0
2012
June 2013
9,240
58.9
2013
June 2014
8,177
52.4
2014
June 2015
7,842
50.2
2015
June 2016
7,264
47.6
2016
June 2017
6,899
46.1
2017
June 2018
6,918
46.6
2018
June 2019
7,917
53.9
2019
June 2020
6,877
47.5
2020
June 2021
4,725
32.8
2021
June 2022
7,331
49.6
2022
June 2023
7,930
53.2
2023
June 2024
9,350
63.5
2024
June 2025
8,667
59.5
2025
June 2026
8,192
56.2
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.