Crime Rate in West End, ward

West End has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 wards in Westminster district and the 2nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 2nd highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in West End in the last 12 months was 1747.1 per 1,000 residents and was 298.1% higher than the Westminster district average (438.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West End’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 8,576 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 53 cases , up 15.2% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 17.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -21.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4,054 (≈ 279.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West End ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 793 crimes here, including 192 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.