Total Crime Rate

451.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

205.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 451.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 205.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 83.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.8 9/10
  • Drugs 37.7 10/10
  • Robbery 33.5 10/10
  • Other theft 25.1 10/10
  • Public order 20.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 20.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Edgware Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 145th highest 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 Edgware Road (W2 2EQ) in the last 12 months was 451.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% lower than the Hyde Park average (471.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 205.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edgware Road (W2 2EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Marble Arch. Police recorded 505 crimes here, including 150 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 (30/160)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Mar 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Wythburn Place Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Clenston Mews —
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Great Cumberland Mews Under investigation
Mar 2026Other theft Great Cumberland Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Theft from the person Great Cumberland Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Great Cumberland Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Wythburn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Theft from the person Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Bicycle theft Cumberland Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Drugs Cumberland Gate Under investigation
Mar 2026Drugs Cumberland Gate Under investigation
Mar 2026Theft from the person Hampden Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Theft from the person Cumberland Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Harrowby Street 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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