Earl's Court is safer than its borough, which is not something most visitors would assume. Crime runs well below the Kensington and Chelsea average. A good share of what gets reported is nuisance. Violence and sexual offences make up less of the total than they do nationally. Burglary takes a bigger slice than it should.
The Metropolitan Police recorded 3,479 crimes in Earl's Court in the year from June 2025 to May 2026. The published rate for the area is about 153 crimes per 1,000 residents, roughly 16% below the Kensington and Chelsea average. Because the figures cover twelve full months, a single bad weekend can't move them much.
Across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as a whole, the rate is about 183 per 1,000 residents, against about 153 here. Earl's Court has its own Tube station, hotels, and an arena's worth of history on its doorstep, and it still comes in under the borough figure. The borough average is not a gentle benchmark to begin with.
The neighbourhood is dense. On average about 22,100 people live in every square kilometre. Unemployment is about 4%, and about 6% of households are overcrowded. That describes how tightly people are packed in. On its own, none of it explains the crime figures.
Anti-social behaviour makes up about 30% of recorded crime in Earl's Court, against about 16% nationally. Violence and sexual offences, a broad legal grouping that includes common assault without injury, are about 21% here against 35% nationally. Other theft is about 9% against 7%, and burglary about 6% against 4%. Shoplifting and public order are both close to the national shares, about 7% and 6% here against 8% and 7%. Earl's Court is a place for noise and nuisance, with less violence than average. In tall terraces split into flats, a door left on the latch is part of the burglary risk. The police's online crime map shows reports street by street for the twelve months, and it is worth looking at the street you are considering, not just the district.
Once a crime is reported, the Metropolitan Police charges a suspect in about 10% of cases, against about 12% nationally. That puts it 33rd of 42 forces. About 53% of its cases close with no suspect identified. These are figures for the whole Metropolitan Police area, covering what happens after a crime has been reported, so they say nothing about how likely one is in Earl's Court.
On safety Earl's Court does better than its reputation suggests. You will hear more anti-social behaviour than the national pattern, and you are less likely to meet violence, so it rates well above the middle. The real risk is that your neighbours are noisy.