Total Crime Rate
269.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Upper Montagu Street area has the 40th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 234th 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 Upper Montagu Street (W1H 2PG) in the last 12 months was 269.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.7% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Montagu Street (W1H 2PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Porter Street, where police recorded 188 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walmer Place (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wythburn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Porter Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Porter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Enford Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Enford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Porter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Porter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Porter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Porter Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dorset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bickenhall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bickenhall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bickenhall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryanston Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryanston Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryanston Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brunswick Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Porter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dorset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bickenhall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clenston Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shillibeer Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A4380 | Under investigation |
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