Total Crime Rate
9328.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2019.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Frith Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 5th 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 Frith Street (W1D 5LW) in the last 12 months was 9328.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1064.5% 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 790 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 9 cases , up 125.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 529 (≈ 2019.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frith Street (W1D 5LW), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 3048 crimes here, including 771 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 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapone Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leicester Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Meard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royalty Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Royalty Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royalty Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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