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Vehicle crime in Kensington and Chelsea

12 months to June 2026

14.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,116 vehicle crime offences in Kensington and Chelsea in the 12 months to June 2026, down 14.4% (356) on the previous 12 months. That is 14.5 per 1,000 residents against 5.0 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Vehicle crime
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 145,734

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01002003002010201520202025December 2010: 161 offencesJanuary 2011: 158 offencesFebruary 2011: 122 offencesMarch 2011: 160 offencesApril 2011: 171 offencesMay 2011: 201 offencesJune 2011: 169 offencesJuly 2011: 147 offencesAugust 2011: 132 offencesSeptember 2011: 153 offencesOctober 2011: 141 offencesNovember 2011: 232 offencesDecember 2011: 215 offencesJanuary 2012: 261 offencesFebruary 2012: 197 offencesMarch 2012: 244 offencesApril 2012: 242 offencesMay 2012: 181 offencesJune 2012: 146 offencesJuly 2012: 127 offencesAugust 2012: 181 offencesSeptember 2012: 161 offencesOctober 2012: 171 offencesNovember 2012: 163 offencesDecember 2012: 165 offencesJanuary 2013: 207 offencesFebruary 2013: 169 offencesMarch 2013: 160 offencesApril 2013: 180 offencesMay 2013: 154 offencesJune 2013: 162 offencesJuly 2013: 167 offencesAugust 2013: 151 offencesSeptember 2013: 167 offencesOctober 2013: 180 offencesNovember 2013: 175 offencesDecember 2013: 188 offencesJanuary 2014: 218 offencesFebruary 2014: 171 offencesMarch 2014: 168 offencesApril 2014: 189 offencesMay 2014: 181 offencesJune 2014: 161 offencesJuly 2014: 173 offencesAugust 2014: 178 offencesSeptember 2014: 204 offencesOctober 2014: 235 offencesNovember 2014: 202 offencesDecember 2014: 200 offencesJanuary 2015: 194 offencesFebruary 2015: 143 offencesMarch 2015: 204 offencesApril 2015: 189 offencesMay 2015: 219 offencesJune 2015: 239 offencesJuly 2015: 190 offencesAugust 2015: 181 offencesSeptember 2015: 208 offencesOctober 2015: 244 offencesNovember 2015: 206 offencesDecember 2015: 241 offencesJanuary 2016: 229 offencesFebruary 2016: 203 offencesMarch 2016: 208 offencesApril 2016: 197 offencesMay 2016: 250 offencesJune 2016: 232 offencesJuly 2016: 249 offencesAugust 2016: 303 offencesSeptember 2016: 302 offencesOctober 2016: 284 offencesNovember 2016: 245 offencesDecember 2016: 252 offencesJanuary 2017: 251 offencesFebruary 2017: 188 offencesMarch 2017: 254 offencesApril 2017: 246 offencesMay 2017: 276 offencesJune 2017: 234 offencesJuly 2017: 252 offencesAugust 2017: 230 offencesSeptember 2017: 247 offencesOctober 2017: 272 offencesNovember 2017: 342 offencesDecember 2017: 303 offencesJanuary 2018: 252 offencesFebruary 2018: 314 offencesMarch 2018: 237 offencesApril 2018: 175 offencesMay 2018: 224 offencesJune 2018: 261 offencesJuly 2018: 203 offencesAugust 2018: 175 offencesSeptember 2018: 225 offencesOctober 2018: 247 offencesNovember 2018: 250 offencesDecember 2018: 290 offencesJanuary 2019: 300 offencesFebruary 2019: 262 offencesMarch 2019: 336 offencesApril 2019: 276 offencesMay 2019: 289 offencesJune 2019: 260 offencesJuly 2019: 215 offencesAugust 2019: 213 offencesSeptember 2019: 281 offencesOctober 2019: 332 offencesNovember 2019: 300 offencesDecember 2019: 388 offencesJanuary 2020: 323 offencesFebruary 2020: 209 offencesMarch 2020: 228 offencesApril 2020: 79 offencesMay 2020: 73 offencesJune 2020: 131 offencesJuly 2020: 240 offencesAugust 2020: 219 offencesSeptember 2020: 320 offencesOctober 2020: 260 offencesNovember 2020: 166 offencesDecember 2020: 228 offencesJanuary 2021: 123 offencesFebruary 2021: 168 offencesMarch 2021: 199 offencesApril 2021: 206 offencesMay 2021: 185 offencesJune 2021: 195 offencesJuly 2021: 179 offencesAugust 2021: 189 offencesSeptember 2021: 264 offencesOctober 2021: 188 offencesNovember 2021: 172 offencesDecember 2021: 215 offencesJanuary 2022: 271 offencesFebruary 2022: 210 offencesMarch 2022: 242 offencesApril 2022: 267 offencesMay 2022: 235 offencesJune 2022: 182 offencesJuly 2022: 200 offencesAugust 2022: 192 offencesSeptember 2022: 179 offencesOctober 2022: 258 offencesNovember 2022: 219 offencesDecember 2022: 222 offencesJanuary 2023: 221 offencesFebruary 2023: 199 offencesMarch 2023: 243 offencesApril 2023: 258 offencesMay 2023: 237 offencesJune 2023: 218 offencesJuly 2023: 231 offencesAugust 2023: 238 offencesSeptember 2023: 219 offencesOctober 2023: 240 offencesNovember 2023: 295 offencesDecember 2023: 213 offencesJanuary 2024: 275 offencesFebruary 2024: 292 offencesMarch 2024: 232 offencesApril 2024: 252 offencesMay 2024: 190 offencesJune 2024: 194 offencesJuly 2024: 142 offencesAugust 2024: 146 offencesSeptember 2024: 159 offencesOctober 2024: 215 offencesNovember 2024: 263 offencesDecember 2024: 227 offencesJanuary 2025: 234 offencesFebruary 2025: 274 offencesMarch 2025: 246 offencesApril 2025: 179 offencesMay 2025: 198 offencesJune 2025: 189 offencesJuly 2025: 192 offencesAugust 2025: 200 offencesSeptember 2025: 182 offencesOctober 2025: 231 offencesNovember 2025: 200 offencesDecember 2025: 181 offencesJanuary 2026: 161 offencesFebruary 2026: 162 offencesMarch 2026: 167 offencesApril 2026: 133 offencesMay 2026: 166 offencesJune 2026: 141 offences

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 toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20111,142 (partial)
June 20122,29114.62012
June 20132,00012.82013
June 20142,11613.52014
June 20152,38015.22015
June 20162,58917.02016
June 20173,08420.62017
June 20183,10920.92018
June 20193,11321.22019
June 20202,77219.12020
June 20212,50917.42021
June 20222,61417.72022
June 20232,64617.82023
June 20242,87119.52024
June 20252,47217.02025
June 20262,11614.52025

What this measures

Theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle, and interference with a vehicle.

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.

Other categories in Kensington and Chelsea

Every local authority ranked by vehicle crime rate · All recorded crime in Kensington and Chelsea