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 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in St James's in the last 12 months was 1973.1 per 1,000 residents and was 349.6% higher than the Westminster district average (438.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St James's’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 6,133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 83 cases , down -12.6% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 8.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -27.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5,122 (≈ 466.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St James's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Theatre/Concert Hall, with 615 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (162 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.