Total Crime Rate
297.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shrewsbury Mews area has the 18th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 208th highest crime rate of 587 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 Shrewsbury Mews (W2 5PN) in the last 12 months was 297.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.6% higher than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 122.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 143.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shrewsbury Mews (W2 5PN), the main crime hotspot is near Alfred Road. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 52 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 | Theft from the person | Wellington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Needham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorhouse Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alfred Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Drugs | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wellington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sutherland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmfield Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmfield Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmfield Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elmfield Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elmfield Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Admiral Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Admiral Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Admiral Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
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