Total Crime Rate
1615.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
301.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Matthew Parker 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 Matthew Parker Street (SW1H 9NP) 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 Matthew Parker Street (SW1H 9NP), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 157 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Strutton Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Strutton Ground | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Sanctuary | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Sanctuary | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Sanctuary | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Storey'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Little George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strutton Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perkin'S Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perkin'S Rents | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Perkin'S Rents | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Pye Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Storey'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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