Total Crime Rate

282.7 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 282.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.5 9/10
  • Other theft 26.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.5 9/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Water Gardens area has the 37th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 604 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 The Water Gardens (W2 2DG) in the last 12 months was 282.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 99.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 163.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Water Gardens (W2 2DG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 249 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Water Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/237)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Daventry Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cato Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Transept Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lisson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lisson Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Edgware Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cato Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cato Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Norfolk Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cato Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyde Park Square Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hyde Park Square Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Radnor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Somers Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somers Crescent —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Transept Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Daventry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwick Mews —
Sep 2025Other theft Junction Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Junction Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Junction Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwick Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwick Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwick Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwick Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwick Mews —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Daventry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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