Total Crime Rate
121.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Seymour 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clenston Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clenston Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Salisbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Salisbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brendon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryanston Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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