Total Crime Rate

280.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 280.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 55.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.1 8/10
  • Other theft 38.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 34.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.8 9/10
  • Burglary 25.5 10/10
  • Robbery 12.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Welbeck 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.

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Crime Over Time in Welbeck Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Wimpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Duke'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Weighhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Weighhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wigmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wigmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mandeville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Mandeville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mandeville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marylebone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marylebone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Marylebone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A5204
Sep 2025Other theft Duke'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A5204
Sep 2025Robbery A5204 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mansfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A5204 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A5204 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5204 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Harley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A5204 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery A5204 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery A5204 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery A5204 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A5204 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Duke'S Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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