Total Crime Rate
1396.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
234.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Inverness Mews area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 48th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Inverness Mews (W2 3JQ) in the last 12 months was 1396.4 per 1,000 residents and was 592.8% higher than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 234.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Inverness Mews (W2 3JQ), 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 | Inver Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickering Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Porchester Gardens Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pickering Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickering Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickering Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| 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 | Burglary | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Caroline Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queensborough Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queensborough Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensborough Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensborough Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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