Total Crime Rate

395.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

113.6 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 395.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 142.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 113.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.9 10/10
  • Burglary 47.6 10/10
  • Other theft 29.3 10/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Drugs 14.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 14.7 9/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Leinster Gardens area has the 13th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 587 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 395.6 per 1,000 residents and was 96.3% higher than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 113.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% 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 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayswater (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leinster Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fosbury Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cleveland Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Inverness Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Inverness Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Inverness Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Inverness Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Inverness Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Inverness Place Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leinster Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fosbury Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leinster Terrace
Apr 2026Burglary Leinster Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Craven Hill Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Craven Hill Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Inverness Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Inverness Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Gardens
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Inverness Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Inverness Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Inverness Mews
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Inverness Mews
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Inverness Mews
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Inverness Mews
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gloucester Mews West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Craven Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cervantes Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Cervantes Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cervantes Court
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cervantes Court

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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