Total Crime Rate

634.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 634.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 130.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 71.2 10/10
  • Other theft 61.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.4 10/10
  • Public order 37.2 10/10
  • Robbery 37.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.0 10/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.3 9/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.2 8/10
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

Molyneux Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 101st 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 Molyneux Street (W1H 5HJ) in the last 12 months was 634.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% higher than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 176.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Molyneux Street (W1H 5HJ), 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 (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Molyneux Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/207)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brown Street —
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wythburn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clenston Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clenston Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clenston Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clenston Mews —
Sep 2025Public order George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stourcliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hampden Gurney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Berkeley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stourcliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hampden Gurney Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portsea Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Portsea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Portsea Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Connaught Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cabbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Connaught Square Under investigation
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Data Sources

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