Total Crime Rate
233.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bark 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 4AT) 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 4AT), 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.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Caroline Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Inverness Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Porchester Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Porchester Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Porchester Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porchester Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porchester Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Inverness Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Inverness Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Inverness Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
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