Total Crime Rate
296.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lancaster Gate area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 211th highest crime rate of 604 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 Lancaster Gate (W2 3QJ) in the last 12 months was 296.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -72.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 72.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lancaster Gate (W2 3QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chilworth Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hyde Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Porchester Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbourne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cerney Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cerney Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cerney Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westbourne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Westbourne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Westbourne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Westbourne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbourne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Mews West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Craven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craven Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craven Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smallbrook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Smallbrook Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Smallbrook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brook Mews North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brook Mews North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cerney Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Mews West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craven Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lancaster Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lancaster Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leinster Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leinster Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leinster Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leinster Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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