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 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 2nd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in West End in the last 12 months was 2091.6 per 1,000 residents and was 333.5% higher than the Westminster district average (482.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West End’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 12,825 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 42 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -15.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4,263 (≈ 293.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West End ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 740 crimes here, including 195 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.