Total Crime Rate
12214.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2703.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Mall area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Mall (SW1A 2WH) in the last 12 months was 12214.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3980.6% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 988 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 27.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -16.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 619 (≈ 2703.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Mall (SW1A 2WH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leicester Square, where police recorded 697 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (192 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Charing Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Charing Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charing Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charing Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charing Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charing Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | William Iv Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | William Iv Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Iv Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charing Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charing Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Martin'S Lane | Under investigation |
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