Total Crime Rate
254.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bark Place area has the 24th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 587 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 4AT) in the last 12 months was 254.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% higher than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bark Place (W2 4AT), 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 Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervantes Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervantes Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Caroline Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervantes Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Caroline Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leinster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prince'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prince'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cervantes Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
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