Total Crime Rate
164.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Craven Hill Gardens area has the 53rd lowest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 255th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Craven Hill Gardens (W2 3ES) in the last 12 months was 164.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.0% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Craven Hill Gardens (W2 3ES), the main crime hotspot is near Fosbury Mews. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lancaster Gate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensborough Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensborough Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queensborough Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queensborough Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leinster Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lancaster Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craven Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craven Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cleveland Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chilworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upbrook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upbrook Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | B410 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gloucester Mews West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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