Total Crime Rate
120.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlborough Hill area has the 27th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 199th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marlborough Hill (NW8 0NN) in the last 12 months was 120.4 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% higher than the Abbey Road average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlborough Hill (NW8 0NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boundary Road, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marlborough Hill (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Finchley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Loudoun Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Loudoun Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finchley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Queen'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Mews | — |
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