Total Crime Rate

143.8 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 143.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.8 10/10
  • Other theft 18.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.8 5/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Theft from the person 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

Southwell Gardens area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Abingdon , and the 235th lowest crime rate of 503 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .

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 Southwell Gardens (SW7 4SB) in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% lower than the Abingdon average (156.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 18.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southwell Gardens (SW7 4SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gloucester Road, where police recorded 211 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gaspar Mews (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Southwell Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wetherby Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wetherby Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wetherby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wetherby Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wetherby Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wetherby Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashburn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ashburn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ashburn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southwell Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southwell Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwell Gardens —
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Gloucester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gloucester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stanhope Mews South Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stanhope Mews West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Mews West Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Stanhope Mews West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanhope Mews West Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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