Total Crime Rate
81.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chantry Square area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 133rd lowest crime rate of 480 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 Chantry Square (W8 5UJ) in the last 12 months was 81.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% lower than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 130.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chantry Square (W8 5UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gaspar Mews (33 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 | Collingham Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Collingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Morton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knaresborough Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knaresborough Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Morton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gaspar Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaspar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaspar Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaspar Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kensington Court Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kensington Court Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beatrice Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blithfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | High Street Kensington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morton Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scarsdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Collingham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtfield Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thackeray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtfield Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cornwall Gardens Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtfield Gardens | — |
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