Crime Rates in Paddington & Bayswater (W2)
Crime statistics for W2 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Paddington & Bayswater (W2)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 2,239 crimes within 1 mile of the W2 centre, against 2,384 around W9, 1,434 around W8, 4,500 around W1, 1,196 around NW8 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in W2?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the W2 centre were Anti-social behaviour (475), Violent crime (401) and Drugs (345), out of 2,239 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full W2 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in W2?
Enter a full W2 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
W2 at a glance
2,239 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the W2 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was anti-social behaviour, at 21% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 2,239
- Most recorded category
- Anti-social behaviour (21%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- Lancaster Gate (Metropolitan Police Service)
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 475 | 21% |
| Violent crime | 401 | 18% |
| Drugs | 345 | 15% |
| Other theft | 232 | 10% |
| Shoplifting | 197 | 9% |
| Theft from the person | 123 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 100 | 4% |
| Public order | 96 | 4% |
| All other categories | 270 | 12% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the W2 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How W2 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington & Bayswater (W2) | 2,239 | Anti-social behaviour (21%) | — |
| W9 | 2,384 | Violent crime (22%) | 1.2km |
| Kensington (W8) | 1,434 | Anti-social behaviour (18%) | 1.7km |
| Mayfair & Soho (W1) | 4,500 | Other theft (19%) | 1.7km |
| St John's Wood (NW8) | 1,196 | Anti-social behaviour (27%) | 2.0km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest W2, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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