Total Crime Rate

49.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 49.8 5/10
  • Violent crimes 34.8 6/10
  • Public order 24.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Avenue Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 49th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avenue Road (NW8 7RB) in the last 12 months was 49.8 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% lower than the Abbey Road average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avenue Road (NW8 7RB), the main crime hotspot is near Shannon Place. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Avenue Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Prince Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shannon Place —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Broxwood Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Broxwood Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mackennal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broxwood Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A5205 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A5205 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shannon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shannon Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shannon Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Townsend Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Culworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Culworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Allitsen Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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