Total Crime Rate
303.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashbridge Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Church Street , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 587 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 Ashbridge Street (NW8 8AF) in the last 12 months was 303.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% higher than the Church Street average (185.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (β 113.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashbridge Street (NW8 8AF), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgware Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mallory Street | β |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highworth Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadley Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highworth Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highworth Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highworth Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tresham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgware Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mallory Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stalbridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Transept Street | β |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashmill Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
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