Total Crime Rate

331.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 331.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 45.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 38.3 10/10
  • Other theft 34.8 10/10
  • Public order 34.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.9 10/10
  • Robbery 13.9 9/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Drugs 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

Finchley Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 187th highest crime rate of 604 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 Finchley Road (NW8 9TS) in the last 12 months was 331.0 per 1,000 residents and was 319.1% higher than the Abbey Road average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 111.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 88.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finchley Road (NW8 9TS), the main crime hotspot is near Cochrane Mews. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Finchley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cochrane Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cochrane Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cochrane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ordnance Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Finchley Road —
Sep 2025Public order St John'S Wood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cochrane Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cochrane Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cochrane Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Ann'S Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Ann'S Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Langford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Ann'S Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St John'S Wood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garden Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove End Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grove End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove End Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cochrane Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ann'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ann'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Ann'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

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