Total Crime Rate
543.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Artillery Row area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 124th 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 Artillery Row (SW1P 1ST) in the last 12 months was 543.1 per 1,000 residents and was 72.1% lower than the St James's average (1947.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 115.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (β 135.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Artillery Row (SW1P 1ST), the main crime hotspot is near Ambrosden Avenue. Police recorded 369 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Vincent Square| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stillington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stillington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stillington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coburg Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stillington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Place | β |
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