Total Crime Rate
233.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Moscow Road 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 Moscow Road (W2 4JS) 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 Moscow Road (W2 4JS), 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 | Shoplifting | Cervantes Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Princes Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princes Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ilchester Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Gardens Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Gardens Square | Under investigation |
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