Total Crime Rate
247.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hanson Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 249th highest crime rate of 587 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 Hanson Street (W1W 6UH) in the last 12 months was 247.4 per 1,000 residents and was 69.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hanson Street (W1W 6UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Place, where police recorded 573 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitfield Place (108 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goodge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goodge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitfield Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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