Borough safety · Inner London · data through June 2026

How safe is Westminster, London?

Westminster, London covers 18 neighbourhoods in SafeRoute's Inner London index. Its median safety index is 51/100 — below the Inner London median of 59, so more is reported around a typical neighbourhood here than across Inner London. Abbey Road scores highest at 68/100; West End lowest at 26/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighbourhood's centre — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 0 of 18 neighbourhoods here rate low risk, 10 moderate, 8 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighbourhood in Westminster, safest first

Neighbourhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 Abbey Road	68/100	Moderate	327
2 Regent's Park	65/100	Moderate	391
3 Lancaster Gate	60/100	Moderate	501
4 Maida Vale	56/100	Moderate	565
5 Pimlico South	55/100	Moderate	577
6 Queen's Park	54/100	Moderate	642
7 Little Venice	53/100	Moderate	608
8 Bayswater	51/100	Moderate	686
9 Knightsbridge & Belgravia	51/100	Moderate	724
10 Pimlico North	50/100	Moderate	748
11 Westbourne	49/100	Elevated	782
12 Harrow Road	47/100	Elevated	785
13 Vincent Square	46/100	Elevated	846
14 Church Street	44/100	Elevated	924
15 Hyde Park	43/100	Elevated	966
16 Marylebone	37/100	Elevated	1,416
17 St James's	31/100	Elevated	1,664
18 West End	26/100	Elevated	2,425

How Westminster compares across Inner London

Boroughs (safest first)	Median index	Neighbourhoods
Greenwich	79/100	23
Wandsworth	75/100	22
Lewisham	70/100	19
Hammersmith and Fulham	61/100	21
Kensington and Chelsea	59/100	18
Lambeth	56/100	25
Hackney	56/100	21
Southwark	55/100	23
Camden	55/100	20
Tower Hamlets	55/100	20
Westminster (this page)	51/100	18
Islington	48/100	17

Common questions

What is the safest neighbourhood in Westminster, London?

Abbey Road has the highest SafeRoute safety index in Westminster, London, at 68/100 (moderate), from 327 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. Regent's Park (65/100) and Lancaster Gate (60/100) follow.

Which neighbourhood in Westminster, London has the most reported crime?

West End has the lowest index in Westminster, London, at 26/100, with 2,425 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. A low score means more is reported around that centre, which busy commercial and transport areas produce simply by having more people in them — it is not a measure of how dangerous a resident's street is.

Is Westminster, London safe?

Across its 18 neighbourhoods the median SafeRoute safety index is 51/100, against 59 across Inner London. 0 rate low risk, 10 moderate, 8 elevated and 0 high risk. These describe reported crime only and vary widely within the borough — check the individual neighbourhood rather than reading one number for the whole of it.

How is the SafeRoute safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each police-recorded incident by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre, and normalises against national crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The figure shown for Westminster, London is the median of its 18 neighbourhoods — the borough is not measured separately.

Methodology

Each incident published by the police (via data.police.uk, Open Government Licence) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every ward we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its centre (ONS December 2025 ward centroids), and normalise onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Incident locations are anonymised by the police to nearby snap points, so the maps show streets rather than exact addresses. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares neighbourhoods within Inner London. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — London's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.