Total Crime Rate
591.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Cumberland Place area has the 17th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 107th 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 Great Cumberland Place (W1H 7TL) in the last 12 months was 591.2 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% higher than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 34 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 ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -64.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 105.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Cumberland Place (W1H 7TL), 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 | Shoplifting | Marble Arch | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Montagu Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gloucester Place Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Portman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Portman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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