Total Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eaton Place area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eaton Place (SW1X 8AE) in the last 12 months was 17.7 per 1,000 residents and was 96.2% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 8.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eaton Place (SW1X 8AE), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | B319 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Belgrave Mews South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eaton Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grosvenor Gardens Mews North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Mews North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Mews West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscobel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chester Square Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eaton Mews South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebury Mews East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebury Mews East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ebury Mews East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lower Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ebury Mews East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lower Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ebury Mews East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eaton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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