Total Crime Rate
654.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Welbeck Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 98th highest crime rate of 604 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 Welbeck Street (W1G 9XF) in the last 12 months was 654.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.4% lower than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -68.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 126.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Welbeck Street (W1G 9XF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bond Street, where police recorded 373 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Weighhouse Street (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Marylebone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Weighhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | A5204 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Spanish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bird Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bird Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Blenheim Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Blenheim Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bird Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | A5204 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5204 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Barrett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chandos Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Binney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Binney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Anselm'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cavendish Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Square | — |
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