Total Crime Rate
395.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Porchester Terrace area has the 13th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 587 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 Porchester Terrace (W2 3TP) in the last 12 months was 395.6 per 1,000 residents and was 96.3% higher than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 113.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Porchester Terrace (W2 3TP), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Caroline Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salem Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Poplar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Porchester Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Porchester Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Porchester Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Porchester Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orsett Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orsett Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | A4206 | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Porchester Gardens Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orsett Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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