Total Crime Rate
381.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashbridge Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Church Street , and the 169th 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 Ashbridge Street (NW8 8DG) in the last 12 months was 381.4 per 1,000 residents and was 106.0% higher 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 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 99.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashbridge Street (NW8 8DG), 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 | Theft from the person | Cabbell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cabbell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broadley Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cosway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cosway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cosway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cosway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cosway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehaven Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jerome Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Jerome Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jerome Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Jerome Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jerome Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehaven Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shroton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mallory Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mallory Street | — |
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