Total Crime Rate

134.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 134.8 9/10
  • Other theft 69.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 13.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Wellington Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 216th lowest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Road (NW8 9ST) in the last 12 months was 134.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.7% higher than the Abbey Road average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Road (NW8 9ST), 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.

Crime Over Time in Wellington Road area

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

Data Sources

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