Crime Rates at Rutherford Street, London, SW1P 2LT

Rutherford Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 297th lowest crime rate of 604 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 185.4 per 1,000 residents and was 91.8% lower than the St James's average (2251.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rutherford Street (SW1P 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Street, where police recorded 118 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.