Total Crime Rate
338.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
232.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pembroke Villas area has the 17th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 89th 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 Pembroke Villas (W8 6PG) in the last 12 months was 338.2 per 1,000 residents and was 131.0% 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 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 232.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pembroke Villas (W8 6PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nevern Road, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abingdon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kensington High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nevern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nevern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kensington High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | — |
| 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 | Other theft | Nevern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pembroke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pembroke Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nevern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nevern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cluny Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Logan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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