Total Crime Rate
3065.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1076.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Praed Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 27th highest crime rate of 587 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 Praed Street (W2 1RL) in the last 12 months was 3065.9 per 1,000 residents and was 553.2% higher than the Hyde Park average (469.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 218 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 294 (≈ 1076.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Praed Street (W2 1RL), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 381 crimes here, including 205 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hyde Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bouverie Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A40 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A40 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A40 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Radnor Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Radnor Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bouverie Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bouverie Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bouverie Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bouverie Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A40 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bouverie Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Norfolk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Norfolk Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norfolk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Norfolk Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sussex Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A40 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | London Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | London Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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