Total Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albion Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 91st lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Albion Street (W2 2LE) in the last 12 months was 69.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albion Street (W2 2LE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 145 crimes here, including 54 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Burwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Burwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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