Total Crime Rate
140.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shirland Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Little Venice , and the 219th lowest 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 Shirland Road (W9 2JD) in the last 12 months was 140.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% higher than the Little Venice average (109.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shirland Road (W9 2JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sevington Street, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Braden Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Little Venice| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lapworth Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Braden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Braden Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Desborough Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lapworth Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lapworth Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aldsworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lapworth Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodchester Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodchester Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castellain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castellain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St. Peter'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Braden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St. Peter'S Place | — |
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