Police-recorded · Westminster · Metropolitan Police Service
Violence and sexual offences in Westminster
12 months to June 2026
60.5per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 12,844 violence and sexual offences offences in Westminster in the 12 months to June 2026, up 1.6% (202) on the previous 12 months. That is 60.5 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 212,367
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
4,857 (partial)
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June 2012
6,730
30.7
2012
June 2013
6,075
28.1
2013
June 2014
6,510
30.4
2014
June 2015
7,898
36.6
2015
June 2016
8,746
41.0
2016
June 2017
9,482
45.1
2017
June 2018
10,341
49.3
2018
June 2019
11,066
53.1
2019
June 2020
9,739
47.4
2020
June 2021
8,467
41.2
2021
June 2022
11,911
55.9
2022
June 2023
11,583
53.5
2023
June 2024
12,300
57.0
2024
June 2025
12,642
59.5
2025
June 2026
12,844
60.5
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.