Total Crime Rate

229.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 229.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 62.5 8/10
  • Other theft 33.5 10/10
  • Burglary 24.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.6 10/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.4 9/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 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

Artesian Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bayswater , and the 265th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Artesian Road (W2 5DA) in the last 12 months was 229.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% higher than the Bayswater average (204.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Artesian Road (W2 5DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pembridge Villas, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Stephen'S Mews (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Artesian Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Chepstow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ledbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pembridge Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caradoc Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Heads Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pembridge Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pembridge Square —
Sep 2025Public order Ledbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ledbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pembridge Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pembridge Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ledbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dawson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newton Road —
Sep 2025Other theft A4206 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Stephen'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A4206 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bott'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bott'S Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chepstow Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembridge Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Talbot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chepstow Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lambton Place —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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