Total Crime Rate

272.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

125.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 272.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 125.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 52.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.2 8/10
  • Burglary 20.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.5 10/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Marloes Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 480 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Marloes Road (W8 5LH) in the last 12 months was 272.3 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% higher than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 125.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marloes Road (W8 5LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hogarth Road, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spear Mews (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Marloes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/94)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Adam And Eve Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wright'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hogarth Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Collingham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kenway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Kenway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Blithfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cornwall Gardens Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person High Street Kensington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Scarsdale Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Scarsdale Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheniston Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cheniston Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cheniston Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cheniston Gardens —
Apr 2026Burglary Collingham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wright'S Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hogarth Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redfield Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Child'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Redfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Redfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wright'S Lane —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wright'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wright'S Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Wright'S Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wright'S Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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