Total Crime Rate
159.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Riding House Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 250th lowest 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 Riding House Street (W1W 7EB) in the last 12 months was 159.6 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Riding House Street (W1W 7EB), the main crime hotspot is near Hills Place. Police recorded 1152 crimes here, including 86 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Riding House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Titchfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Titchfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Titchfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Titchfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hills Place | Under investigation |
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.