Total Crime Rate

100.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.1 5/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.5 5/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cromwell Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Abingdon , and the 174th 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 Cromwell Road (SW7 4XA) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% lower than the Abingdon average (156.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cromwell Road (SW7 4XA), the main crime hotspot is near Gloucester Road. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Cromwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laverton Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Emperor'S Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwell Gardens —
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashburn Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astwood Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southwell Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mcleod'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mcleod'S Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gaspar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gaspar Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaspar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaspar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaspar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaspar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gaspar Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southwell Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ashburn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gaspar Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gloucester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gloucester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gloucester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gloucester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gloucester Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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