Total Crime Rate
395.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This 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 This (W2 3AT) 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 postcode W2 3AT, 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.
View Crime In Lancaster Gate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orsett Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Porchester Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craven Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craven Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cleveland Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inver Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | A4206 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chilworth Street | — |
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