Total Crime Rate

480.1 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 480.1 10/10
  • Other theft 153.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 74.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.3 9/10
  • Robbery 32.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 26.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.0 10/10
  • Burglary 17.1 10/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 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

Edgware Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 135th 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 Edgware Road (W2 1ES) in the last 12 months was 480.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -58.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 121.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edgware Road (W2 1ES), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 327 crimes here, including 138 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 (30/281)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Homer Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Newcastle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Place Under investigation
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 2025Other theft Newcastle Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Newcastle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penfold Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penfold Place —
Sep 2025Robbery Penfold Place Under investigation
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 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Penfold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgware Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgware Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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