Total Crime Rate

79.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 79.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.5 10/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St Johns Wood Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 118th lowest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Johns Wood Road (NW8 8QS) in the last 12 months was 79.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% higher than the Abbey Road average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Johns Wood Road (NW8 8QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pollitt Drive, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scott Ellis Gardens (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Johns Wood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollitt Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henderson Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luton Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Hatton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyons Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pollitt Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henderson Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bedlow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Henderson Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henderson Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henderson Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hamilton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Luton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bedlow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Frampton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pollitt Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollitt Drive —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Capland Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Capland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Capland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Frampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedlow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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