Total Crime Rate
844.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crawford Place 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 Crawford Place (W1H 5NL) 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 Crawford Place (W1H 5NL), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crawford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stalbridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shroton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shroton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shroton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norfolk Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edgware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Edgware Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daventry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Daventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Daventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgware Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stourcliffe Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Michael'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Edgware Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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