Total Crime Rate

102.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.6 8/10
  • Other theft 25.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 22.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 16.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.6 1/10
  • Burglary 1.6 1/10
  • Other crime 1.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.6 1/10
  • Public order 1.6 1/10
  • Robbery 1.6 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.6 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Praed Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 157th 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 Praed Street (W2 1JE) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.1% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Praed Street (W2 1JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 364 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (190 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Praed Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/219)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broadley Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bouverie Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bouverie Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bouverie Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Radnor Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Radnor Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ranston Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broadley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Southwick Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bouverie Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Junction Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Junction Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Junction Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Junction Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Junction Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Junction Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Junction Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Junction Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Junction Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bell Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Sale Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Bouverie Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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