Crime Rates at Abbey Orchard Street, London, SW1P 2BS

Abbey Orchard Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 85th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Abbey Orchard Street (SW1P 2BS) in the last 12 months was 744.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 91 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 238.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbey Orchard Street (SW1P 2BS), 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 (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.