Total Crime Rate

708.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 708.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 178.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 124.4 10/10
  • Other theft 100.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.0 10/10
  • Public order 54.0 10/10
  • Robbery 42.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 39.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.9 10/10
  • Drugs 32.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.1 10/10
  • Burglary 11.7 9/10
  • Other crime 11.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 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

Edgware Road area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Church Street , and the 94th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edgware Road (W2 1EA) in the last 12 months was 708.9 per 1,000 residents and was 277.9% higher than the Church Street average (187.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 118 (≈ 277.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edgware Road (W2 1EA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 106 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Edgware Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/226)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luton Street —
Sep 2025Public order Plympton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashmill Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashmill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A40 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A40 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Marylebone Flyover Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marylebone Flyover Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Newcastle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newcastle Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Newcastle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Daventry Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Luton Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Luton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Daventry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Daventry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daventry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plympton Place Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paddington Green —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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