Total Crime Rate
107.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leinster Square area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 168th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leinster Square (W2 4PS) in the last 12 months was 107.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% lower 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leinster Square (W2 4PS), 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 | Prince'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prince'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Needham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ossington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dawson Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leinster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Monmouth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexander Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosehart Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linden Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Linden Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosehart Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sutherland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridstow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bridstow Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridstow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bott'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heads Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monmouth Road | — |
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