Total Crime Rate
71.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Craven Terrace area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 92nd lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Craven Terrace (W2 3EL) in the last 12 months was 71.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Craven Terrace (W2 3EL), 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 | Vehicle crime | Cerney Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upbrook Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B410 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddington | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upbrook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Paddington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Paddington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Paddington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Paddington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Paddington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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