Total Crime Rate
122.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Johns Wood Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 202nd lowest crime rate of 604 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 St Johns Wood Road (NW8 7HQ) in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% higher than the Abbey Road average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Wood Road (NW8 7HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Pollitt Drive. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grendon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jerome Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jerome Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jerome Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grendon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grendon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St John'S Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Casey Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Casey Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Capland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrow Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollitt Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollitt Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pollitt Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bernhardt Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Capland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swain Street | β |
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