Total Crime Rate

121.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Public order 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Seymour Place area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 200th lowest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Seymour Place (W1H 5TG) in the last 12 months was 121.5 per 1,000 residents and was 74.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 22.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seymour Place (W1H 5TG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 222 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Seymour Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clenston Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hampden Gurney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hampden Gurney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hampden Gurney Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clenston Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Gurney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Gurney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Gurney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Salisbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Salisbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brendon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryanston Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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