Total Crime Rate
659.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stafford Place area has the 30th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 94th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stafford Place (SW1E 6NL) in the last 12 months was 659.2 per 1,000 residents and was 120.2% 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 139 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -20.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 107.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stafford Place (SW1E 6NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Terminus Place, where police recorded 503 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (100 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlisle Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ambrosden Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Palace Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King'S Scholars' Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ambrosden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Palace Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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