Total Crime Rate
318.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Palace Court area has the 18th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bayswater , and the 194th highest crime rate of 604 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 4JE) in the last 12 months was 318.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% higher than the Bayswater average (204.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 111.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Palace Court (W2 4JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Garway Road, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Mall (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembridge Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Petersburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Petersburgh Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Palace Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Palace Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Court | — |
| 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 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Orme Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ossington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clanricarde Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Salem Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Linden Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Salem Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Orme Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Orme Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Queen'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplar Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bott'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bott'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Poplar Place | Under investigation |
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