Total Crime Rate
216.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Artesian 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.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexander Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dawson Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chepstow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Stephen'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Stephen'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembridge Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembridge Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pembridge Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pembridge Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pembridge Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembridge Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembridge Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chepstow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Place | — |
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