Total Crime Rate
114.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scarsdale 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.
View Crime In Abingdon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kensington High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Adam And Eve Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phillimore Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynnstay Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stafford Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stafford Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kensington High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Logan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kensington High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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