Total Crime Rate
278.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kensington Gardens Square area has the 21st highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 223rd 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 Kensington Gardens Square (W2 4BH) in the last 12 months was 278.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kensington Gardens Square (W2 4BH), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hatherley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hatherley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leinster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Palace Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Princes Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Inverness Place | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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