Crime Rate in Hyde Park, ward

Hyde Park has the 4th highest crime rate of 18 wards in Westminster district and the 28th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 10th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hyde Park in the last 12 months was 471.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% higher than the Westminster district average (438.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hyde Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,068 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 38 cases , up 18.8% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 18.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -11.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,597 (≈ 124.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hyde Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 386 crimes here, including 207 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.