Total Crime Rate
65.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northumberland Place area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 80th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Northumberland Place (W2 5AS) in the last 12 months was 65.6 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% lower than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northumberland Place (W2 5AS), the main crime hotspot is near A4207. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sutherland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosehart Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosehart Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrewsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Needham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Talbot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorhouse Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caradoc Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caradoc Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wellington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wellington 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 | Burglary | Chepstow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ledbury Mews North | Under investigation |
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