Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scarsdale Villas area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 210th 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 Scarsdale Villas (W8 6PP) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% lower than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (β 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -76.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scarsdale Villas (W8 6PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 164 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 | Drugs | Pembroke Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Earl'S Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redfield Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Redfield Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Child'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stratford Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lexham Mews | β |
| 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 | Other theft | Earl'S Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Earl'S Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Earl'S Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earl'S Court Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Iverna Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Iverna Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Adam And Eve Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Adam And Eve Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.