Total Crime Rate
315.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Penfold Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Church Street , and the 196th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Penfold Place (NW1 6RT) in the last 12 months was 315.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% higher than the Church Street average (187.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 152.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 97.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 91.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penfold Place (NW1 6RT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 106 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 | Robbery | Sale Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daventry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Capland Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Capland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Capland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Daventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Daventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marylebone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marylebone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Marylebone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Marylebone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marylebone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marylebone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Marylebone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lisson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Junction Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shroton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cabbell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stalbridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cabbell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cabbell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shroton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shroton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bernhardt Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cabbell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cabbell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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