Total Crime Rate
395.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Seymour Place area has the 27th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 162nd 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 Seymour Place (W1H 1NN) in the last 12 months was 395.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.8% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 120.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seymour Place (W1H 1NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brendon Street, where police recorded 163 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (63 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watson'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brendon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Crawford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrowby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Beverston Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Montagu Square | Under investigation |
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