Total Crime Rate

808.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

143.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 808.9 10/10
  • Other theft 200.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 152.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 146.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 143.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.2 10/10
  • Burglary 76.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 44.6 10/10
  • Robbery 28.7 10/10
  • Public order 25.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Drugs 12.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wells Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 74th highest crime rate of 587 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 Wells Street (W1A 3AE) in the last 12 months was 808.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% higher than the Marylebone average (801.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 143.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wells Street (W1A 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hills Place, where police recorded 1152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (136 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wells Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/446)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hills Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Little Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Marlborough Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Marlborough Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Great Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Great Marlborough Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Great Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Little Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft New Cavendish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Foubert'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Foubert'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Foubert'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Foubert'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foubert'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foubert'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rathbone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Candover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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