Total Crime Rate
355.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leinster Gardens area has the 14th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bayswater , and the 176th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leinster Gardens (W2 3AN) in the last 12 months was 355.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% higher than the Bayswater average (204.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (β 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leinster Gardens (W2 3AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Inverness Place, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayswater (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leinster Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Devonshire Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Craven Hill Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Craven Hill Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Devonshire Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Mews West | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Craven Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Mews West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chilworth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lancaster Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lancaster Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leinster Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leinster Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leinster Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craven Hill Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Craven Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leinster Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cleveland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Porchester Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leinster Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leinster Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leinster Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leinster Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Gardens | β |
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