Crime in W1C 1
How much crime is recorded in W1C 1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Westminster
- Region
- London
- Population
- 8,788 (2024)
W1C 1Postcode sector · London
How safe is W1C 1
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 53.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in W1C 1, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- W1C 1AD
- W1C 1AS
- W1C 1AT
- W1C 1AX
- W1C 1AY
- W1C 1AZ
- W1C 1BA
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- W1C 1BE
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- W1C 1BY
- W1C 1DA
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- W1C 1DD
- W1C 1DE
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- W1C 1DL
- W1C 1DN
- W1C 1DP
- W1C 1DR
- W1C 1DS
- W1C 1DT
- W1C 1DW
- W1C 1DX
- W1C 1ES
- W1C 1HG
- W1C 1JB
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- W1C 1JF
- W1C 1JG
- W1C 1JH
- W1C 1JJ
- W1C 1JN
- W1C 1JP
- W1C 1JR
- W1C 1JS
- W1C 1JT
- W1C 1JU
- W1C 1JW
- W1C 1JX
- W1C 1JY
- W1C 1LA
- W1C 1LB
- W1C 1LD