Crime Rates at Regent Street, London, W1B 5SS

Regent Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 604 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 5SS) in the last 12 months was 14919.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1554.7% higher than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,252 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -53.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 360 (≈ 1925.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 116.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Street (W1B 5SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hills Place, where police recorded 1316 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (145 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.