Total Crime Rate
92.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plympton Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Church Street , and the 138th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plympton Street (NW8 8AB) in the last 12 months was 92.4 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% lower than the Church Street average (185.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plympton Street (NW8 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Penfold Place, where police recorded 176 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (65 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Church Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harrow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgware Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stalbridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulready Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulready Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulready Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulready Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mulready Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mulready Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mulready Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mulready Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulready Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highworth Street | Under investigation |
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