Crime Rate in St James's, ward

St James's has the highest crime rate of 18 wards in Westminster district and the highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in St James's in the last 12 months was 2251.3 per 1,000 residents and was 366.6% higher than the Westminster district average (482.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St James's’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 8,558 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 76 cases , down -26.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 34.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -26.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5,205 (≈ 473.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St James's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Theatre/Concert Hall, with 589 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (156 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.