Total Crime Rate
157.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Princes Gate area has the 52nd lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 258th lowest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Princes Gate (SW7 1LP) in the last 12 months was 157.9 per 1,000 residents and was 66.4% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 333.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 171.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princes Gate (SW7 1LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Exhibition Road, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A315 (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ennismore Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cheval Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cottage Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cottage Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Princes Gate Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rutland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rutland Mews East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rutland Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prince'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Prince'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennismore Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Gate Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moncorvo Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exhibition Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moncorvo Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exhibition Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Exhibition Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A315 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ennismore Gardens Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ennismore Gardens Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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