Total Crime Rate
158.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lexham Gardens area has the 37th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 231st highest crime rate of 480 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lexham Gardens (W8 6JE) in the last 12 months was 158.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 91.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lexham Gardens (W8 6JE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 236 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abingdon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pembroke Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Earl'S Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earl'S Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Earl'S Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Earl'S Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Earl'S Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Earl'S Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Earl'S Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lexham Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stratford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spear Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spear Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Spear Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spear Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Spear Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Templeton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Templeton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Templeton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Templeton Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Trebovir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Templeton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trebovir Road | — |
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