Total Crime Rate
269.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bayswater Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 233rd highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bayswater Road (W2 3PH) in the last 12 months was 269.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bayswater Road (W2 3PH), the main crime hotspot is near Paddington. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 27 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 | Other theft | Conduit Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Craven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cerney Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cerney Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craven Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elms Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conduit Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elms Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Talbot Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Talbot Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elms Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bathurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sussex Mews West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Conduit Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conduit Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chilworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddington | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sussex Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sussex Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancaster Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayswater Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Paddington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddington | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddington | Under investigation |
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