Total Crime Rate
2163.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newman Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 36th 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 Newman Street (W1T 1PG) in the last 12 months was 2163.8 per 1,000 residents and was 140.0% higher than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 142 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -88.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 487.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newman Street (W1T 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 1914 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (217 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Soho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Soho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Soho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Soho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B506 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B506 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B506 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Soho Street | — |
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