Total Crime Rate
2537.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
337.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dacre 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 Dacre Street (SW1H 0DJ) 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 Dacre Street (SW1H 0DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caxton Street, where police recorded 195 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (57 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Queen Anne'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Smith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James'S Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | — |
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