Total Crime Rate

24.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 24.5 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Abbey Road , and the 17th lowest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Finchley Road (NW8 9TY) in the last 12 months was 24.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finchley Road (NW8 9TY), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 15 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 (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Marlowes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Marlowes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Marlowes —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Marlowes —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Finchley Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St John'S Wood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Langford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Circus Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garden Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Wood —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St John'S Wood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Wood —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waverley Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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