Total Crime Rate

114.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 39.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Scarsdale Villas area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 192nd 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 6PU) in the last 12 months was 114.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% lower than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scarsdale Villas (W8 6PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spear Mews, where police recorded 100 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.

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Crime Over Time in Scarsdale Villas area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kensington High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Iverna Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Iverna Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Adam And Eve Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Adam And Eve Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Adam And Eve Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Phillimore Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Phillimore Walk
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wynnstay Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stafford Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stafford Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kensington High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kensington High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shaftesbury Mews
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Logan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longridge Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kensington High Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longridge Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longridge Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Longridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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