Total Crime Rate

765.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 765.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 174.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 155.3 10/10
  • Other theft 147.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.9 10/10
  • Public order 41.7 10/10
  • Robbery 34.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.3 10/10
  • Burglary 18.9 10/10
  • Drugs 15.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.4 5/10
  • Other crime 7.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Balfour Place area has the 29th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 87th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Balfour Place (W1K 2AX) in the last 12 months was 765.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% lower than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balfour Place (W1K 2AX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 366 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Balfour Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/122)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lumley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balderton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesterfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Carlos Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Red Lion Yard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Derby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Derby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Derby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lumley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Balderton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lumley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lumley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lumley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lumley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lumley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lumley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lumley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lumley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lumley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balderton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balderton Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Curzon Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carpenter Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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