Total Crime Rate
844.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cato Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 76th 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 Cato Street (W1H 5HS) in the last 12 months was 844.1 per 1,000 residents and was 79.7% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (β 224.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 122.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cato Street (W1H 5HS), 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 | Burglary | Old Marylebone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Molyneux Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Daventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Daventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daventry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Transept Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Transept Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cato Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cato Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cato Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cato Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Praed Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Praed Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Praed Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Praed Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wyndham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wyndham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndham Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Highworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
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