Total Crime Rate
254.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Petersburgh Place area has the 24th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 242nd 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 St Petersburgh Place (W2 4LB) in the last 12 months was 254.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Petersburgh Place (W2 4LB), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Salem Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moscow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | 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 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Palace Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Petersburgh Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Petersburgh Place | — |
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