Total Crime Rate
60.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Cromwell Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 83rd lowest crime rate of 480 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .
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 West Cromwell Road (SW5 9QS) in the last 12 months was 60.2 per 1,000 residents and was 58.9% lower than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Cromwell Road (SW5 9QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nevern Road, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abingdon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pembroke Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Philbeach Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Philbeach Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Philbeach Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Philbeach Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Philbeach Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Philbeach Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevern Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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