Total Crime Rate
7748.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
870.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 6th highest crime rate of 587 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 Regent Street (W1B 2HD) in the last 12 months was 7748.1 per 1,000 residents and was 867.2% higher than the Marylebone average (801.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 822 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 7 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -36.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 228 (≈ 870.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Street (W1B 2HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hills Place, where police recorded 1152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near John Prince'S Street (120 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pollen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Titchfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Titchfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hills Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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