Total Crime Rate
925.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Horseferry Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 69th highest crime rate of 604 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 925.4 per 1,000 residents and was 58.9% lower than the St James's average (2251.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -82.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (β 403.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.4% 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 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chadwick Street (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Pye Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Strutton Ground | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Strutton Ground | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Strutton Ground | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Strutton Ground | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Matthew Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Matthew Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Perkin'S Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Pye Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Pye Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Pye Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pye Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Orchard Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abbey Orchard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Abbey Orchard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Artillery Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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