Total Crime Rate
175.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hereford Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bayswater , and the 291st lowest crime rate of 604 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 Hereford Road (W2 4TF) in the last 12 months was 175.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% lower than the Bayswater average (204.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -77.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hereford Road (W2 4TF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pembridge Villas, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbourne Grove Terrace (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alexander Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hereford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawson Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawson Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dawson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leinster Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Prince'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garway Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Garway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hereford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Princes Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princes Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ilchester Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Gardens Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Gardens Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Gardens Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hereford Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
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