Total Crime Rate
557.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Upper Berkeley Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 118th 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 Upper Berkeley Street (W1H 7PP) in the last 12 months was 557.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 157.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Berkeley Street (W1H 7PP), the main crime hotspot is near Marble Arch. Police recorded 747 crimes here, including 232 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marble Arch | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Great Cumberland Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Upper Berkeley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stourcliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stourcliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Stourcliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stourcliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cumberland Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Cumberland Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Cumberland Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Berkeley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marble Arch | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marble Arch | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marble Arch | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Mews | Under investigation |
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