Total Crime Rate

159.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 159.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 35.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 28.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.0 6/10
  • Other theft 23.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Rutherford Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 249th lowest 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 Rutherford Street (SW1P 2LT) in the last 12 months was 159.5 per 1,000 residents and was 91.8% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rutherford Street (SW1P 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strutton Ground, where police recorded 121 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.

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Crime Over Time in Rutherford Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/137)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Strutton Ground —
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B326 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monck Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Causton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Artillery Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Causton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Causton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Stanford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stanford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rochester Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorndike Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft B326 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Matthew Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Regency Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Spencer Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Horseferry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spencer Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spencer Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spencer Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spencer Place —
Apr 2026Burglary Spencer Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Spencer Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spencer Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft B326 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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