Crime Rates at St James's Street, London, SW1A 1EF

St James'S Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around St James'S Street (SW1A 1EF) in the last 12 months was 1859.7 per 1,000 residents and was 460.0% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 98 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 26.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 386.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James'S Street (SW1A 1EF), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 496 crimes here, including 134 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.