Total Crime Rate
152.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Moscow Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bayswater , and the 247th lowest crime rate of 604 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 Moscow Road (W2 4SW) in the last 12 months was 152.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.3% lower than the Bayswater average (204.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moscow Road (W2 4SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Inverness Place, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayswater (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Queensway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cervantes Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cervantes Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cervantes Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bayswater | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bayswater | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Inverness Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Gardens Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garway Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Garway Road | Under investigation |
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