Total Crime Rate
395.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harcourt Street 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 Harcourt Street (W1H 4EZ) 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 Harcourt Street (W1H 4EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Marylebone Road, where police recorded 170 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 | Theft from the person | Transept Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homer Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Homer Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Crawford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crawford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Homer Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Beverston Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Beverston Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Knox Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
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