Total Crime Rate

252.1 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 252.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 79.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.8 7/10
  • Drugs 29.4 10/10
  • Burglary 25.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 21.0 10/10
  • Public order 16.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • 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

Pembridge Villas area has the 26th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Colville , and the 146th highest crime rate of 503 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pembridge Villas (W2 4XA) in the last 12 months was 252.1 per 1,000 residents and was 10.6% lower than the Colville average (282.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pembridge Villas (W2 4XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pembridge Villas, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Stephen'S Mews (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Pembridge Villas area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kildare Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westbourne Grove Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ledbury Mews North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ledbury Mews North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Northumberland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Northumberland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Monmouth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Monmouth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorhouse Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ledbury Mews North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rede Place
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Courtnell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kildare Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Artesian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kildare Terrace
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kildare Terrace
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rede Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ledbury Mews North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hereford Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hereford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ledbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ledbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hereford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alexander Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridstow Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pembridge Square Under investigation

Data Sources

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