Total Crime Rate
280.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Welbeck Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 224th 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 9XR) in the last 12 months was 280.9 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% lower than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Welbeck Street (W1G 9XR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 656 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 | Robbery | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Weighhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Weighhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mandeville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mandeville Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mandeville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marylebone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marylebone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Marylebone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A5204 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duke'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A5204 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | A5204 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mansfield Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5204 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harley Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | Robbery | A5204 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duke'S Mews | Under investigation |
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