Total Crime Rate
87.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 124th lowest crime rate of 587 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 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% higher than the Abbey Road average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% 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 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Ann'S Terrace (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Regent's Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barrow Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charles Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Wood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St John'S Wood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Charles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kingsmill Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elm Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Ann'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Ann'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Ann'S Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Ann'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cochrane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cochrane Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cochrane Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cochrane Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cochrane Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cochrane Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Tree Close | Under investigation |
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