Total Crime Rate
14871.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1688.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Street area has the highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 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 Oxford Street (W1C 1DE) in the last 12 months was 14871.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1756.5% 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 1,481 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , up 250.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -32.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 461 (≈ 1688.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Street (W1C 1DE), 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 (124 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hills Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hills Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hills Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hanover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Langham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carnaby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
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