Total Crime Rate
1097.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
306.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Horseferry Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 58th 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 Horseferry Road (SW1P 2DX) in the last 12 months was 1097.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% lower than the St James's average (1947.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (β 306.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Horseferry Road (SW1P 2DX), 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 (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Vincent Square| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monck Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Page Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medway Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regency Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regency Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elverton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spencer Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spencer Place | Under investigation |
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