Total Crime Rate
170.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leinster Square area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 274th lowest 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 Leinster Square (W2 4PU) in the last 12 months was 170.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% lower than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (β 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leinster Square (W2 4PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hatherley Grove, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbourne Grove Terrace (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Grove Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hatherley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hatherley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moscow Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moscow Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chepstow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Princes Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bott'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Petersburgh Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dawson Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westbourne Grove Terrace | Under investigation |
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