Total Crime Rate

629.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 629.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 258.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 108.0 10/10
  • Other theft 108.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.6 10/10
  • Drugs 37.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.6 10/10
  • Public order 28.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.1 10/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sussex Square area has the 16th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sussex Square (W2 2SS) in the last 12 months was 629.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% higher 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 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 108.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sussex Square (W2 2SS), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 338 crimes here, including 190 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sussex Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/131)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting London Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting London Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person London Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person London Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences London Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences London Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences London Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting London Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hyde Park Gardens Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hyde Park Gardens Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hyde Park Gardens Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hyde Park Gardens Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Square —
Apr 2026Shoplifting London Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery London Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Bathurst Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Paddington Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Paddington Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Paddington Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Paddington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Paddington Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Paddington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Paddington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paddington Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Spring Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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