Total Crime Rate
1615.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
301.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tothill Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 43rd 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 Tothill Street (SW1H 9NB) in the last 12 months was 1615.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% lower than the St James's average (1947.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 301.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tothill Street (SW1H 9NB), 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 | Drugs | Strutton Ground | Local resolution |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | 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 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Perkin'S Rents | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Queen Anne'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dacre Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dacre Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James'S Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chadwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Pye Street | — |
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