Crime in W9: Maida Vale & Westbourne Green, London
data.police.uk recorded 2,384 street-level crimes at the representative point for W9 (Maida Vale & Westbourne Green, London) in Aug 2026. The most common category was violence and sexual offences (518 reports, 21.7% of the total). The monthly total rose versus the month before. That is about 24% busier than the recent 6-month average for this area.
Maida Vale and Westbourne Green, a dense inner west London residential district.
Crime by category in W9
Every street-level crime recorded near the W9 representative point in Aug 2026, by Home Office category, most common first:
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 518 | 21.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 515 | 21.6% |
| Drugs | 457 | 19.2% |
| Other theft | 198 | 8.3% |
| Shoplifting | 136 | 5.7% |
| Theft from the person | 117 | 4.9% |
| Public order | 115 | 4.8% |
| Burglary | 96 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 96 | 4% |
| Possession of weapons | 42 | 1.8% |
| Bicycle theft | 41 | 1.7% |
| Robbery | 33 | 1.4% |
| Other crime | 16 | 0.7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 | 0.2% |
2,384 crimes recorded in Aug 2026. data.police.uk snaps each crime to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points, so counts describe the area around the W9 centroid, not a single street or property.
W9 crime trend: last 6 months
The monthly recorded-crime total at the W9 representative point. The recent monthly average is 1,929 crimes. A single outcode is a small sample, so read the direction rather than any single month.
Source: data.police.uk crimes-street API. The dataset publishes monthly with a ~1–2 month lag; the latest month shown is the newest the API had on the last refresh.
How safe is W9?
In Aug 2026, W9 was about 24% busier than the recent 6-month average for this area. Recorded crime is not the same as risk: city-centre and high-footfall outcodes record more crime simply because more people pass through them, and recorded figures reflect reporting and policing as well as offending. Use this as area context alongside the price, flood and ground-stability picture — not in isolation.
2,384 recorded crimes · Aug 2026 · violence and sexual offences most common
See the crime mapped to one W9 address
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Frequently asked questions
How much crime is there in W9?
data.police.uk recorded 2,384 street-level crimes in W9 (Maida Vale & Westbourne Green, London) in Aug 2026, against a recent monthly average of 1,929 over the last 6 months. The largest single category was violence and sexual offences, at 21.7% of reports. These are reports snapped to anonymised map points near the outcode centroid, not a per-property figure.
What are the most common crimes in W9?
In Aug 2026 the most common recorded categories in W9 were violence and sexual offences (518), anti-social behaviour (515), drugs (457). The full category breakdown is in the table above, taken straight from the Home Office crime categories on data.police.uk.
Is W9 getting safer or more dangerous?
Over the last 6 months of data.police.uk data, the monthly recorded-crime total for W9 rose most recently and averaged 1,929 crimes a month. A single outcode is a small sample and recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as underlying offending, so read the trend, not one month in isolation.
How accurate is the crime data for W9?
It is official Home Office data published on data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. Each crime is snapped to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points near where it happened — never the exact address — so figures describe the area around the outcode centroid, not a single property. Search an exact address on HouseCheckup to see the crimes mapped closest to it in the full report.
Crime in nearby areas
Paddington and Bayswater, a high-footfall central transport and tourism district.
Chiswick, a residential west London riverside district.
Notting Hill, a busy central residential, market and nightlife district.
Hammersmith, a busy west London riverside district and transport hub.
West Kensington and Olympia, a dense west London district in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Ealing Broadway, a busy west London town centre.
Sources
- Street-level crime data — data.police.uk (Home Office)
- Outcode geocoding — postcodes.io
Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.