Total Crime Rate
11792.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1327.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Great Chapel Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 4th 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 Great Chapel Street (W1F 8FP) in the last 12 months was 11792.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1372.1% 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 1,658 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 9 cases , up 28.6% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -24.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 422 (≈ 1327.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Chapel Street (W1F 8FP), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 2241 crimes here, including 564 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 | Theft from the person | Smith'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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