Total Crime Rate

218.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 218.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.0 9/10
  • Other theft 32.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 24.5 10/10
  • Burglary 19.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Drugs 10.9 8/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Church Street , and the 276th highest crime rate of 604 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 Church Street (NW8 8EP) in the last 12 months was 218.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% higher than the Church Street average (187.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 76.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (NW8 8EP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 223 crimes here, including 100 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Frampton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lilestone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Penfold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penfold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penfold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penfold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gateforth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cosway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cosway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lilestone Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Casey Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilestone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Casey Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Samford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Samford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penfold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Penfold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashmill Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadley Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plympton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Plympton Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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