Total Crime Rate
407.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Motcomb Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 157th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Motcomb Street (SW1X 8JU) in the last 12 months was 407.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -64.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 96.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Motcomb Street (SW1X 8JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grosvenor Crescent Mews (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowndes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Barrack Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Barrack Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Barrack Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Halkin Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Halkin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lowndes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grosvenor Crescent Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | B319 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chesham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eaton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinnerton Place South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bowland Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grosvenor Crescent Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowndes Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grosvenor Crescent Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Crescent Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hans Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hans Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B319 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grosvenor Crescent Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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