Total Crime Rate

395.6 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 395.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 120.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.7 9/10
  • Other theft 40.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 37.4 10/10
  • Public order 30.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.4 10/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Robbery 11.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.2 9/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harcourt 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 4HA) 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 (β‰ˆ 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 4HA), 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.

Crime Over Time in Harcourt Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Knox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Transept Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Transept Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harcourt Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harcourt Street β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Harcourt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Harcourt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Harcourt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Harcourt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Marylebone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Marylebone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boston Place β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Marylebone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cabbell Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Wyndham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melcombe Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shillibeer Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Marylebone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Marylebone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cabbell Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Marylebone Road β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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