Total Crime Rate

216.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 53.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 35.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 26.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Burglary 24.6 10/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Public order 15.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.4 10/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Robbery 8.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 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 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 Artesian Road (W2 5DA) 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 Artesian Road (W2 5DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pembridge Square, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shrewsbury Mews (24 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Monmouth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexander Street —
Apr 2026Public order St Stephen'S Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dawson Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hereford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Apr 2026Burglary Chepstow Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Apr 2026Other theft St Stephen'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Gardens —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St Stephen'S Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembridge Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembridge Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pembridge Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Pembridge Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pembridge Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembridge Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembridge Square —
Apr 2026Burglary Hereford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Stephen'S Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Stephen'S Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chepstow Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sutherland Place —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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