Total Crime Rate
335.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cosway 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Church Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penfold Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Transept Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penfold Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashmill Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashmill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plympton Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plympton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penfold Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plympton Place | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hayes Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hayes Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hayes Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hayes Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hayes Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hayes Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homer Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Homer Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Homer Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Plympton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Plympton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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