Total Crime Rate
14871.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1688.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Argyll 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 Argyll Street (W1F 7TQ) 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 Argyll Street (W1F 7TQ), 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 | Theft from the person | Argyll Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hanover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hanover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hanover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hanover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hanover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hanover Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hanover Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hanover Street | 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 | Robbery | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Under investigation |
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