Crime in W1U 8
How much crime is recorded in W1U 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Westminster
- Region
- London
- Population
- 5,742 (2024)
W1U 8Postcode sector · London
How safe is W1U 8
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 44.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in W1U 8, 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
- W1U 8AD
- W1U 8AE
- W1U 8AF
- W1U 8AG
- W1U 8AN
- W1U 8AP
- W1U 8AQ
- W1U 8AR
- W1U 8AS
- W1U 8AT
- W1U 8AU
- W1U 8AW
- W1U 8AX
- W1U 8AZ
- W1U 8BA
- W1U 8BB
- W1U 8BD
- W1U 8BE
- W1U 8BF
- W1U 8BH
- W1U 8BJ
- W1U 8BL
- W1U 8EA
- W1U 8ED
- W1U 8EE
- W1U 8EJ
- W1U 8EN
- W1U 8EQ
- W1U 8EW
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- W1U 8HA
- W1U 8HF
- W1U 8HG
- W1U 8HJ
- W1U 8HN
- W1U 8HP
- W1U 8HQ
- W1U 8HR
- W1U 8HS
- W1U 8HT
- W1U 8HU
- W1U 8HW
- W1U 8HX
- W1U 8HY
- W1U 8HZ
- W1U 8JA
- W1U 8JB
- W1U 8JD