Total Crime Rate
2537.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
337.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Palmer Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 31st 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 Palmer Street (SW1H 0AD) in the last 12 months was 2537.9 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% higher than the St James's average (1947.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 228 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 337.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Palmer Street (SW1H 0AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caxton Street, where police recorded 195 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chadwick Street (39 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 | Caxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Strutton Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strutton Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Strutton Ground | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Pye Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Pye Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Pye Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spencer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spencer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spencer Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Place | Under investigation |
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