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 (W1D 2LB) 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 (W1D 2LB), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 1265 crimes here, including 191 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Burlington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Burlington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Little Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Little Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Broadwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broadwick Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | New Burlington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hills Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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