Total Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 14.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.0 4/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Montagu Square area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 190th lowest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Montagu Square (W1H 1TH) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Montagu Square (W1H 1TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 645 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marble Arch (134 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Montagu Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Montagu Mews North Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clenston Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Seymour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seymour Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Berkeley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Durweston Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clenston Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clenston Mews —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clenston Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brunswick Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wythburn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Quebec Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bryanston Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryanston Mews East —
Sep 2025Other theft New Quebec Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person New Quebec Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person New Quebec Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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