Total Crime Rate
268.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Craven Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 236th 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 Craven Road (W2 3BX) in the last 12 months was 268.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Craven Road (W2 3BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Paddington, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chilworth Street (35 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elms Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B410 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chilworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chilworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Devonshire Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craven Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Craven Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayswater Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddington | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Mews North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Mews North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Mews North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elms Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastbourne Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conduit Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conduit Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancaster Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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