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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Balfour Mews 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 Mews (W1K 2BJ) 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 Mews (W1K 2BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A4202 (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Balfour Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/76)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deanery Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Street Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carpenter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Carpenter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Carpenter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carpenter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farm Street —
Sep 2025Public order Adam'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesterfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Adam'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grosvenor Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archibald Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Carlos Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Deanery Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Other theft Curzon Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Red Lion Yard —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 76

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑