Total Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Allen Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Abingdon , and the 44th 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 Allen Street (W8 6UY) in the last 12 months was 42.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% lower than the Abingdon average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (β 12.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Allen Street (W8 6UY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 244 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abingdon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pembroke Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lexham Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stratford Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phillimore Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillimore Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adam And Eve Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | β |
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