Total Crime Rate

103.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.6 8/10
  • Drugs 25.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 20.7 4/10
  • Burglary 20.7 10/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Townshend Estate area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 160th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Townshend Estate (NW8 6JP) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% higher than the Abbey Road average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Townshend Estate (NW8 6JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charles Lane, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Ann'S Terrace (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Townshend Estate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/53)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Culworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Culworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newcourt Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newcourt Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Allitsen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cochrane Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cochrane Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cochrane Mews Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cochrane Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cochrane Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Bridgeman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ordnance Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shannon Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cochrane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellington Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Wellington Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shannon Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcourt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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