Total Crime Rate
119.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elverton Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 195th 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 Elverton Street (SW1P 2QW) in the last 12 months was 119.6 per 1,000 residents and was 93.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elverton Street (SW1P 2QW), 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 (62 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 | Public order | Chadwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B323 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A202 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B323 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B323 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B323 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | A202 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B323 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B323 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | B323 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A202 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strutton Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorndike Street | Under investigation |
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