Total Crime Rate

335.5 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 335.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 167.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Other theft 28.0 10/10
  • Public order 17.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.1 9/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Robbery 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cosway Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Church Street , and the 185th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cosway Street (NW1 5NT) in the last 12 months was 335.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.8% higher than the Church Street average (187.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (β‰ˆ 90.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cosway Street (NW1 5NT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 284 crimes here, including 109 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cosway Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penfold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Transept Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penfold Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashmill Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashmill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plympton Place β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Plympton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penfold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plympton Place Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hayes Place β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Hayes Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hayes Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hayes Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hayes Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hayes Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Homer Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Homer Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plympton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Plympton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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