Total Crime Rate

589.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 589.4 10/10
  • Other theft 174.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 142.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 93.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 44.7 10/10
  • Burglary 36.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 36.6 8/10
  • Public order 24.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.1 9/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Welbeck Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 107th highest crime rate of 587 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 Welbeck Street (W1M 7PB) in the last 12 months was 589.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% lower than the Marylebone average (801.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -38.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welbeck Street (W1M 7PB), the main crime hotspot is near Dering Street. Police recorded 902 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Welbeck Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hospital
Apr 2026Drugs Duke'S Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Blenheim Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Duke'S Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Duke'S Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Duke'S Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Blenheim Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Weymouth Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Blenheim Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blenheim Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Blenheim Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Blenheim Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wigmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wigmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Aldburgh Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Weymouth Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wigmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chandos Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dean'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Queen Anne Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Chandos Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Chandos Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chandos Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chandos Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cavendish Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Weighhouse Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Weighhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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