West End
WardEast Westminster. About 12,318 people in 2.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West End live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West End compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West End safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West End at a rate of 2,201.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 405.1 per 1,000 people across Westminster.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,684 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West End.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were theft from the person (7,604), other crime (6,490) and shoplifting (3,467).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Westminster
These figures are published for the whole of Westminster, not for each ward, so they describe all of Westminster and not West End alone. See Westminster
West End in brief
West End had 11,541 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West End live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West End, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West End, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.