Total Crime Rate

800.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

179.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 800.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 200.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 179.0 10/10
  • Other theft 152.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 126.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.2 9/10
  • Public order 57.9 10/10
  • Robbery 47.4 10/10
  • Burglary 26.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.5 9/10
  • Drugs 10.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.5 10/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Moscow Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 77th 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 Moscow Road (W2 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 800.0 per 1,000 residents and was 296.9% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 178.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 270.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moscow Road (W2 4AJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Moscow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/134)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Inverness Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fosbury Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fosbury Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inverness Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Redan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Inverness Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hatherley Grove —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Caroline Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salem Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Porchester Gardens Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Inverness Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Inver Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Poplar Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hatherley Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hatherley Grove —
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Data Sources

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