Total Crime Rate
14919.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beak Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 604 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 Beak Street (W1F 9RB) in the last 12 months was 14919.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1554.7% higher than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,252 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -53.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 360 (≈ 1925.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 116.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beak Street (W1F 9RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hills Place, where police recorded 1316 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (130 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lower James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cork St Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork St Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork St Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork St Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clifford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cork Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cork St Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vigo Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vigo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vigo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vigo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cork St Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Coach And Horses Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vigo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albany Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Albany Courtyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Albany Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albany Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albany Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albany Courtyard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albany Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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