Total Crime Rate
232.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Connaught Square area has the 50th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 264th 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 Connaught Square (W2 2HL) in the last 12 months was 232.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Connaught Square (W2 2HL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 284 crimes here, including 82 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hyde Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Connaught Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Gurney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Connaught Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Connaught Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clenston Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clenston Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Cumberland Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Great Cumberland Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Cumberland Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Cumberland Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Cumberland Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Great Cumberland Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Cumberland Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clenston Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hampden Gurney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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