Total Crime Rate
530.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bayswater Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 128th highest crime rate of 587 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 Bayswater Road (W2 4RG) in the last 12 months was 530.9 per 1,000 residents and was 163.4% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 154.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bayswater Road (W2 4RG), 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 Lancaster Gate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moscow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervantes Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervantes Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervantes Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cervantes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Porchester Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Porchester Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Porchester Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Porchester Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cervantes Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moscow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moscow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Princes Square | Under investigation |
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