Total Crime Rate
216.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chepstow Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 266th 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 Chepstow Road (W2 5BD) in the last 12 months was 216.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% higher than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chepstow Road (W2 5BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pembridge Square, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Stephen'S Mews (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 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Talbot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heads Mews | 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 | Other theft | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shrewsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Park Road | 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 | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Needham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorhouse Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Terrace | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westbourne Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kildare Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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