Brompton - Ward Profile

BROMPTON - WARD PROFILE Brompton is located south of Hyde Park sharing a border with Hans Town, Stanley, Courtfield and Queen‟s Gate. The northerly and eastern border is shared with the borough of Westminster. The ward is exceptional for the number of high profile cultural institutions including the Natural History Mu- seum, the Science Museum and the V&A. The inter- nationally renowned shopping district of Knightsbridge also falls within the ward, including shops such as Harvey Nichols and Harrods. South Kensington is the busiest tube station (+28m/year) and Knightsbridge (3rd, +19m/year). MOSAIC data classifies households and postcode areas into 11 distinct groups. Career professionals living Educated, young single People living in social in sought after locations people living in areas of housing with uncertain em- (86.3% of households) transient populations ployment in deprived areas Key features - Concerned for (7.6% of households) (5.7% of households) environment, choicest housing, Key features - good diet and Key features - Heavy watchers of rewarding careers, good diet, high health, cosmopolitan tastes, well TV, public transport, low incomes, incomes, drink alcohol daily, high net educated, full time students, free school meals, high deprivation, worth, successful, middle-aged professionals, cultural variety, open- heavy drinkers/smokers, Council Means of communication - minded, few children housing, Broadsheet newspapers, heavyweight many young children families Means of communication - inter- magazines, telephone advice lines net, leaflets/posters, direct mail, Means of communication - tele- telephone advice lines marketing, TV (especially shopping channels, leaflets, posters, red top newspapers) Notable local landmarks The Natural History The Victoria and Museum Albert Museum Harrods Harvey Nichols COMMUNITY CONTACTS Schools Type Contact details Sn Hill House School Independent Hans Place, Knightsbridge, SW1X 0EP owflake school Tel: 0207 584 1331 More House School Independent 22-24 Pont Street, SW1X 0AA Tel: 0207 235 2855 For Type Charles de Gaulle French run 35 Cromwell Road, SW7 2DG Tel: 0207 584 6322 Contact details Queen's Gate Independent 133 Queen’s Gate, SW7 5LE Tel: 0207 589 3587 Oratory RC School Primary Bury Walk, Cale Street, SW3 6QH Tel: 0207 589 5900 Youth organisations Type Contact details 4th Kensington Scout Scouts The Oratory, Brompton Road, SW7 2RP Group Tel: 0207 808 0900 Faith organisations Type Contact details Ismaili Centre Muslim Cromwell Road, SW7 2SL Tel: 0207 581 2071 St Augustine’s Church Anglican 117 Queen’s Gate, SW7 5LP Tel: 0207 581 1877 Other organisations Type Contact details Body Control Pilates and Pilates 17 Queensberry Mews West, SW7 2DY Rehabilitation Studios Tel: 0207 589 1497 Knightsbridge Golf School Golf 47 Lowndes Square, SW1X 9JU Tel: 0207 235 2468 Natural History Museum Fencing Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD Fencing Club Tel: 0207 942 5736 Brompton Safer Neighbourhoods Team: A Safer Neighbourhoods Team is located in each ward in the Royal Borough to provide local policing. The teams are lead by a Sergeant and comprise two Police Constables and at least three Police Community Support Officers. For further information please contact Sgt Daniel Roberts on 020 8721 2738 or email [email protected] RECENT CRIME TRENDS There were a total of 936 offences in Brompton ward between April 2009 and March 2010, placing Brompton 1st out of the 18 wards. Offences were at their lowest at the very begin- Hans Place, Knightsbridge, SW1X 0EP ning of the period examined, in April 2009, with 171. Numbers have fluctuated between, Tel: 0207 584 1331 approximately, 180 – 215 for the majority of the year. The exceptions to this were July and October, when the number of offences rose above this to 242 and 230, respectively. 22-24 Pont Street, SW1X 0AA Tel: 0207 235 2855 Brompton - TNOs 2009/10 35 Cromwell Road, SW7 2DG Tel: 0207 584 6322 300 242 133 Queen’s Gate, SW7 5LE 250 230 Tel: 0207 589 3587 215 214 200 191 199 189 187 182 Bury Walk, Cale Street, SW3 6QH 200 171 176 Tel: 0207 589 5900 150 100 The Oratory, Brompton Road, SW7 2RP Tel: 0207 808 0900 50 0 Top 10 offences Brompton Top Ten Offences Total Other Theft 824 The attached table shows the top ten offences for Brompton, Theft From Shops 318 which accounted for 84% of the total. “Theft and Han- Theft Person 174 dling” (other theft, theft from shops, theft from the person, Theft From Motor Vehicle 168 Possession Of Drugs 136 theft from motor vehicle) was the most common offence Other Fraud & Forgery 116 type, accounting for 1576 of the total. The top 3 offences in Assault With Injury 75 Brompton were Other Theft, theft from shops and theft from Burglary In Other Buildings 73 Fraud & Forgery 63 person (snatches and pickpockets). Theft/Taking Of Pedal Cycle 58 Current priorities The following priorities have been set by the Brompton Neighbourhood Panel: 1. Theft from motor vehicle 2. Pick pocketing 3. Youth engagement SOCIO–ECONOMIC VARIABLES Religion: Ethnicity: 90% 85% 79% 80% 70% Ward 60% London Borough 50% 40% 30% 20% 7% 10% 3% 4% 4% 5% 2% 6% 5% 0% White Mixed Asian or Black or Chinese or Asian British Black British Other Ethnic Christianity is the main religion on the ward, Group with 63% in this category. The borough average is 62% and the London average is 85% of the wards population are white, 58%. Jewish residents make up 4% of the 6% higher than the borough overall and population compared to 2% for the borough 14% higher than the London average. and for London. Muslim residents account for 7% of the 2% of the population are classified as population 2% lower than the London black, 5% lower than the borough average average. and 9% lower than the London average. Density: Brompton has a population of 9315 Health: 79% of Brompton are classed as people and a total area of 95.5 hectares, mak- being in „good‟ health. This is 4% higher ing it the second largest ward on the borough than the borough average and 8% higher with a population density of 98 people per hec- than the London average. tare. Education: 56% of the ward is noted as having a level 4 or 5 qualification (generally a high university or NVQ degree, or some form of professional qualification like teaching or nurse status). This is 4% higher than the borough as a whole and 25% higher than London. Gender: 54% female, 46% male. Income: Average weekly household gross income is £760. Age: The majority age group in Brompton is 21-30 (20%) Occupation: 35% of the ward‟s population fit into the class „managers and senior officials‟. This is very high, even higher than the usually high borough average of 30% falling into this category. Pan-London, only 18% fall into this category. Two-thirds of the ward is classed as economically active. This matches the borough profile, though it is 2% lower than the profile for London as a whole. Marital status: 52% of the ward has never been married. This is fairly low, and is 5% lower than the borough average, and 1% lower than the London average. .

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