Westminster, London

Data completeness: full months, real administrative boundary — 20374 recorded incidents total across 3 months (2026-05–2026-07), queried against Westminster's actual ONS 2021 polygon outline (the same shape shown on the map above), not an approximate circle. This is the complete monthly response from the UK Police API for each month in that window. Day score: 1.6031 weighted incidents/1,000 people, averaged over the last 3 months (63% of the 33-area average). Night score: 9.4626 weighted incidents/1,000 people, same window (75% of the 33-area average). Both are normalised by an estimated workday/footfall population of 747,552 rather than the 2021 resident population of 204,300, so central boroughs with heavy commuter and visitor footfall aren't overstated as riskier simply for having fewer official residents. The footfall estimate is derived from the ONS's 2011 Census workday-population release — the most recent one published — applied to Westminster's current resident population, and it is therefore an approximation of today's footfall, not a measurement of it.

What that rating does not say. Westminster records more thefts from the person than almost anywhere else in London — 3,022 in the three months behind this rating. The green above is a rate: fewer weighted incidents per person estimated to be present than in most boroughs, because so many people are present. It is not a statement that little is stolen here, and it does not mean a low chance of being pickpocketed on a crowded street. Treat crowds here the way you would anywhere with this much footfall. Rated against the average of the 33 areas currently on the automated pipeline — 32 boroughs and the City of London.