Total Crime Rate
175.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Monmouth Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bayswater , and the 291st lowest crime rate of 604 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 Monmouth Road (W2 5SB) in the last 12 months was 175.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% lower than the Bayswater average (204.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -77.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Monmouth Road (W2 5SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hatherley Grove, where police recorded 88 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.
View Crime In Bayswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Heads Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bott'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexander Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alexander Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexander Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alexander Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pembridge Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chepstow Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Durham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Artesian Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ossington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dawson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chepstow Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Westbourne Grove Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bott'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chepstow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Westbourne Grove Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bridstow Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridstow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridstow Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Road | — |
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