Total Crime Rate
319.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bell Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Church Street , and the 193rd 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 Bell Street (NW1 6SL) in the last 12 months was 319.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% higher than the Church Street average (187.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (β 137.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 158.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bell Street (NW1 6SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Marylebone Road, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (63 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Church Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watson'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Molyneux Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shillibeer Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cato Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cato Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cato Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cato Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Watson'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watson'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watson'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Watson'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Watson'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melcombe Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Melcombe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melcombe Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shouldham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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