Total Crime Rate
14871.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1688.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poland 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 Poland Street (W1F 7ND) 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 Poland Street (W1F 7ND), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 1533 crimes here, including 324 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 | Other theft | Smith'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Berners Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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