Crime in W1C 2
How much crime is recorded in W1C 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Westminster
- Region
- London
- Population
- 4,022 (2024)
W1C 2Postcode sector · London
How safe is W1C 2
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 68.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in W1C 2, more than double the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 9 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 2AA
- W1C 2AB
- W1C 2AD
- W1C 2AE
- W1C 2AF
- W1C 2AG
- W1C 2AH
- W1C 2AJ
- W1C 2AL
- W1C 2AN
- W1C 2AP
- W1C 2AQ
- W1C 2AR
- W1C 2AS
- W1C 2AT
- W1C 2AU
- W1C 2AW
- W1C 2BR
- W1C 2BU
- W1C 2DD
- W1C 2DE
- W1C 2DF
- W1C 2DG
- W1C 2DH
- W1C 2DJ
- W1C 2DL
- W1C 2DN
- W1C 2DQ
- W1C 2DR
- W1C 2DS
- W1C 2DT
- W1C 2DW
- W1C 2DX
- W1C 2DY
- W1C 2DZ
- W1C 2HA
- W1C 2HP
- W1C 2HR
- W1C 2HW
- W1C 2HX
- W1C 2HY
- W1C 2JB
- W1C 2JD
- W1C 2JE
- W1C 2JF
- W1C 2JG
- W1C 2JJ
- W1C 2JL