Total Crime Rate
12304.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2026.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Golden Square area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 2nd 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 Golden Square (W1F 9JF) in the last 12 months was 12304.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1436.1% 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 841 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -21.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 379 (≈ 2026.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Golden Square (W1F 9JF), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 1723 crimes here, including 387 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 | St James'S Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Noel Street | 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | 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 | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Noel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Noel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Noel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourchier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourchier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourchier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Apple Tree Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Apple Tree Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Pulteney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bourchier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bourchier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bourchier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bourchier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bourchier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bourchier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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