Crime Rates at Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7LS

Great Portland Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Marylebone , and the 110th 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 Great Portland Street (W1W 7LS) in the last 12 months was 587.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% lower than the Marylebone average (901.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 167.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Portland Street (W1W 7LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hills Place, where police recorded 1316 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near John Prince'S Street (114 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.