Total Crime Rate
295.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Palace Court area has the 19th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 211th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Palace Court (W2 4JB) in the last 12 months was 295.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Palace Court (W2 4JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Grove Mews, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pembridge Square (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rabbit Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linden Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Palace Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembridge Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembridge Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pembridge Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Mall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Mall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Mall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
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