Total Crime Rate
210.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elm Tree Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 276th 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 Elm Tree Road (NW8 9JP) in the last 12 months was 210.0 per 1,000 residents and was 151.4% higher than the Abbey Road average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Tree Road (NW8 9JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cochrane Mews, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scott Ellis Gardens (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cochrane Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B507 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Scott Ellis Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scott Ellis Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scott Ellis Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scott Ellis Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scott Ellis Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scott Ellis Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hamilton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St John'S Wood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Wood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kingsmill Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elm Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Ann'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henderson Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Ann'S Terrace | Under investigation |
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