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Vehicle crime by area

Car crime in Westminster

Westminster (London borough) averaged 3,661 police-recorded vehicle offences a year in 2024/25 and 2025/26, against 37,558 privately kept licensed cars: a rate of 97.5 per 1,000 cars, 8.08× the England and Wales rate of 12.1. It ranks 1 of 316 local authorities (1 is highest).

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Data to 2026-03-31 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Offences per 1,000 cars
97.5
3,661 offences a year, 2024/25 and 2025/26
vs England & Wales
8.08×
national rate 12.1
Rank
1 of 316
1 of 32 london boroughs

How Westminster compares

Official data. Westminster's rate is 1147% above the median local authority (7.8), which puts it the highest of the 316 areas.

Among the 32 london boroughs, it is 149% above the middle one (39.2) and ranks 1: the highest of its type. Big-city authorities start from a higher base, so this comparison is fairer than the national one.

Westminster vehicle crime rate compared with national and same-type figures
ComparisonPer 1,000 carsWestminster vs it
Westminster97.5—
England and Wales (all offences ÷ all cars)12.18.08×
Median of 316 areas7.812.47×
All london boroughs pooled38.22.55×
Median of london boroughs39.22.49×

Areas ranked either side

Local authorities ranked immediately above and below Westminster
RankAreaTypePer 1,000 cars
1WestminsterLondon borough97.5
2CamdenLondon borough77.3
3IslingtonLondon borough76.0
4Kensington and ChelseaLondon borough70.6

How the 73 Auto insurance estimate treats Westminster

73 Auto estimate, not a quote. Westminster's vehicle-crime index is 8.08 (its rate ÷ the national rate). The model caps the index at 2, so it treats Westminster like any other area at twice the national rate or more. The collision part of the premium is multiplied by 1.92 (index^0.94) and the theft part by 2.00 (index^1).

Against the UK-average area (index 0.92), that makes the estimate for the reference driver (age 48, clean record, group 20 car) about 84% higher. The estimate uses your postcode district's index, listed below, not the authority figure directly. The area weighting was fitted to 7 published area premiums (leave-one-out error 13% against 19% with no area effect). See how 73 Auto estimates insurance.

Postcode districts mapped to Westminster

Districts where most privately kept cars are in Westminster. A district's index is the car-weighted average of the authorities it covers, so the 3 that cross into a neighbouring authority differ from Westminster's 8.08. The last column is the 73 Auto estimate relativity for the reference driver.

Postcode districts whose cars are mostly in Westminster, with their vehicle-crime index
DistrictCarsIndexEstimate vs UK-average area
NW86,0407.841.84×
SW1A1308.081.84×
SW1E1848.081.84×
SW1H1758.081.84×
SW1P1,9908.081.84×
SW1V3,7258.081.84×
SW1W1,8107.741.84×
SW1Y1688.081.84×
W1B1378.081.84×
W1C828.081.84×
W1D2528.081.84×
W1F1628.081.84×
W1G7398.081.84×
W1H1,1608.081.84×
W1J3788.081.84×
W1K7468.081.84×
W1S1828.081.84×
W1U1,1068.081.84×
W1W4788.081.84×
W27,2407.971.84×
W96,2668.061.84×
WC2E1158.081.84×
WC2N948.081.84×
WC2R688.081.84×

Limitations

Police-recorded crime only: unreported offences are missing, and recording practice varies between forces.

The rate is per car registered to a keeper in Westminster, not per car on its streets. Where many commuters or visitors park, offences against their cars count here while the cars count elsewhere, which pushes the rate up.

Offences a police force did not assign to an area are shared across its areas by car numbers. Scotland and Northern Ireland are not covered.

Estimate insurance for a car kept in Westminster

Enter a UK registration, then add your postcode to see how your district's vehicle-crime index moves that car's insurance estimate. Your first check is free and shows the vehicle summary and its headline ownership cost. The category-by-category breakdown is part of a paid check.

UK number plate or 17-character VIN

Where these figures come from

Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.