Total Crime Rate
293.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wimpole Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 213th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wimpole Street (W1G 8AP) in the last 12 months was 293.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.3% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wimpole Street (W1G 8AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bond Street, where police recorded 286 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stratford Place (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Marylebone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stratford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gray'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wimpole Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cross Keys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gray'S Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gray'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gray'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gray'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gray'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gray'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gray'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gray'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cavendish Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cavendish Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cavendish Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cross Keys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Devonshire Mews North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaumont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaumont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dean'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bentinck Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Welbeck Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bentinck Mews | Under investigation |
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