Total Crime Rate
283.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shouldham Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 220th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shouldham Street (W1H 5FL) in the last 12 months was 283.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.7% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 186.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shouldham Street (W1H 5FL), 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 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Connaught Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old Marylebone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brendon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
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