Total Crime Rate
212.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Porchester Place area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 278th 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 Porchester Place (W2 2PD) in the last 12 months was 212.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Porchester Place (W2 2PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Marylebone Road, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brendon Street (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hyde Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Watson'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watson'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watson'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watson'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrowby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Watson'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Watson'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Connaught Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Archery Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Archery Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old Marylebone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Marylebone Road | — |
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