Total Crime Rate
530.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orme Square 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 Orme Square (W2 4RS) 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 Orme Square (W2 4RS), 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 | Other theft | Caroline Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moscow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Palace Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inverness Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | — |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Inverness Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Grove Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Caroline Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Petersburgh Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Petersburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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