Total Crime Rate

158.3 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 158.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 79.2 9/10
  • Other theft 25.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 12.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Robbery 8.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Allen Street area has the 41st highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Abingdon , and the 246th highest 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 Allen Street (W8 6BL) in the last 12 months was 158.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% higher than the Abingdon average (156.9 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 137.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Allen Street (W8 6BL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 284 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Allen Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Phillimore Gardens Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Scarsdale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shaftesbury Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hornton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hornton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hornton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornton Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornton Place
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lexham Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Margarets Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Abingdon Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Abingdon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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