Total Crime Rate
406.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westbourne Grove area has the 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 159th 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 Westbourne Grove (W2 4UJ) in the last 12 months was 406.8 per 1,000 residents and was 101.9% higher than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 43.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 99.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westbourne Grove (W2 4UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 162 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Inver Court (24 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 | Pickering Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsie Lane Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cervantes Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsie Lane Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elsie Lane Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elsie Lane Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsie Lane Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsie Lane Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsie Lane Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Porchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervantes Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Porchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Porchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Porchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cervantes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervantes Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Garway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ossington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kildare Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Poplar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monmouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salem Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moscow Place | Under investigation |
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