Total Crime Rate

454.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 454.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 204.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 81.0 9/10
  • Other theft 45.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Burglary 35.2 10/10
  • Public order 24.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 24.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.6 7/10
  • Robbery 17.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Johns Wood High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 147th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Johns Wood High Street (NW8 7NL) in the last 12 months was 454.2 per 1,000 residents and was 443.6% higher than the Abbey Road average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 81.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Johns Wood High Street (NW8 7NL), 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 St Johns Wood High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/54)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Wood High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barrow Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Barrow Hill Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cochrane Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2026Drugs Wellington Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellington Place —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kingsmill Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St John'S Wood —
Apr 2026Robbery Bridgeman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcourt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newcourt Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newcourt Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Ann'S Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Ann'S Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Ann'S Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Ann'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Allitsen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person St John'S Wood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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