Total Crime Rate
208.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Place Villas area has the 6th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Little Venice , and the 277th 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 Park Place Villas (W2 1SP) in the last 12 months was 208.6 per 1,000 residents and was 90.4% higher than the Little Venice average (109.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Place Villas (W2 1SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bishop'S Bridge Road, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crompton Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Little Venice| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bishop'S Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hermitage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hermitage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hermitage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blomfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blomfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Robert Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bishop'S Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bishop'S Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bishop'S Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blomfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bishop'S Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Aird Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilpin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Westway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hermitage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermitage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Randolph Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Howley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Howley Place | Under investigation |
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