Total Crime Rate
320.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Balcombe Street area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 192nd 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 Balcombe Street (NW1 6HD) in the last 12 months was 320.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% lower than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 95.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Balcombe Street (NW1 6HD), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Marylebone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melcombe Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Melcombe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Melcombe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Melcombe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melcombe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paveley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bendall Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paveley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Paveley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Central Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Siddons Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dorset Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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