Total Crime Rate

233.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 233.1 10/10
  • Other theft 50.9 10/10
  • Burglary 42.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.4 6/10
  • Public order 21.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 17.0 9/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bark Place area has the 27th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bayswater , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bark Place (W2 4AR) in the last 12 months was 233.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% higher than the Bayswater average (204.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bark Place (W2 4AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Inverness Place, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayswater (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bark Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inverness Mews
Sep 2025Burglary Queensway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensway Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Queensway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cervantes Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cervantes Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cervantes Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inverness Mews
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inverness Mews
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inverness Mews
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bayswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Inverness Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Inverness Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Inverness Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Porchester Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Porchester Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Porchester Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porchester Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porchester Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Queensway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bayswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Inverness Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bayswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Salem Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Salem Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bayswater Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bayswater Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bayswater Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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