Crime Rate in Hyde Park, ward

Hyde Park has the 4th highest crime rate of 18 wards in Westminster district and the 31st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 13th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hyde Park in the last 12 months was 469.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower than the Westminster district average (482.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hyde Park’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,091 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 18 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 168.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -1.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,618 (≈ 126.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hyde Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 364 crimes here, including 214 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.