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 9XZ) 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 9XZ), the main crime hotspot is near Dering Street. Police recorded 1053 crimes here, including 96 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Marylebone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stratford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Spanish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spanish Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | New Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spanish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spanish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mansfield Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thayer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dering Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dering Street | Under investigation |
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