Total Crime Rate

200.6 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 200.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.4 9/10
  • Other theft 25.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 18.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cavendish Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 294th 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 Cavendish Avenue (NW8 9JE) in the last 12 months was 200.6 per 1,000 residents and was 154.0% higher than the Abbey Road average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (β‰ˆ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 122.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Avenue (NW8 9JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charles Lane, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cochrane Mews (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrow Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barrow Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrow Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Charles Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barrow Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St John'S Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St John'S Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Wood β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Wood β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St John'S Wood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St John'S Wood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Tree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Barrow Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B507 β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grove End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove End Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridgeman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cochrane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cochrane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cochrane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cochrane Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cochrane Street β€”

Data Sources

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