Total Crime Rate
359.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shrewsbury Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bayswater , and the 179th 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 Road (W2 5PW) in the last 12 months was 359.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% higher than the Bayswater average (201.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shrewsbury Road (W2 5PW), the main crime hotspot is near A4207. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 29 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 | Burglary | Kildare Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4207 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4207 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A4207 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A4207 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A4207 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heads Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Talbot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Stephen'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4207 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Stephen'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lonsdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Park Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sutherland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hereford Mews | Under investigation |
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