Total Crime Rate

175.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 175.2 9/10
  • Drugs 55.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Burglary 19.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.2 5/10
  • Shoplifting 15.0 6/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hereford 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.

Crime Over Time in Hereford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Alexander Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Garway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hereford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dawson Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dawson Place
Sep 2025Public order Dawson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Monmouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monmouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leinster Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Prince'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince'S Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garway Road
Sep 2025Public order Garway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hereford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Princes Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Princes Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ilchester Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kensington Gardens Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kensington Gardens Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Gardens Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Gardens Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kildare Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kildare Gardens
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hereford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hereford Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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