Total Crime Rate

1600.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

205.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1600.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 853.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 288.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 205.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 154.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.6 10/10
  • Public order 67.2 10/10
  • Other theft 51.4 10/10
  • Drugs 23.7 10/10
  • Robbery 23.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Morpeth Terrace area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 44th 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 Morpeth Terrace (SW1P 1ER) in the last 12 months was 1600.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% 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 Shoplifting with 216 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 205.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 612.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Morpeth Terrace (SW1P 1ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ambrosden Avenue, where police recorded 369 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.

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Crime Over Time in Morpeth Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/224)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gillingham Row —
Apr 2026Public order King'S Scholars' Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spenser Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Spenser Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Spenser Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coburg Close —
Apr 2026Public order Charlotte Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Coburg Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson King'S Scholars' Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gillingham Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary King'S Scholars' Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King'S Scholars' Passage —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churton Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Greencoat Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirleby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greencoat Row —
Apr 2026Drugs Gillingham Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gillingham Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Churton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ashley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Longmoore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longmoore Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longmoore Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longmoore Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Udall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gillingham Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ashley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ashley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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