Total Crime Rate

367.5 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 367.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 127.2 9/10
  • Other theft 70.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 49.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.2 10/10
  • Burglary 17.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Blandford Street area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blandford Street (W1U 4BY) in the last 12 months was 367.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% lower than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blandford Street (W1U 4BY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 1853 crimes here, including 118 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Blandford Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/266)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Wimpole Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gray'S Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Gray'S Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray'S Yard —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gray'S Yard —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bentinck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Wimpole Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Portman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gray'S Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaumont Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaumont Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Beaumont Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bulstrode Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bulstrode Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 266

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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