Total Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stratford Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 480 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stratford Road (W8 6RF) in the last 12 months was 15.0 per 1,000 residents and was 89.7% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stratford Road (W8 6RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hogarth Road, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spear Mews (33 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 | Wynnstay Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wright'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wright'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wright'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wright'S Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wright'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wright'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redfield 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Child'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Redfield Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redfield Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
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