Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.3 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 83.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 31.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.9 4/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Robbery 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Marsham Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in St James's , and the 111th 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 Marsham Street (SW1P 3DR) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 95.7% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marsham Street (SW1P 3DR), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Marsham Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/77)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Pye Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dean Ryle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Medway Street —
Apr 2026Public order Page Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Page Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Pye Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Pye Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Page Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Pye Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Pye Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Pye Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old Pye Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Pye Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Pye Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Other theft Page Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Page Street —
Apr 2026Public order Little Smith Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monck Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lord North Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Smith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Smith Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bulinga Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bulinga Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bulinga Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bulinga Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bulinga Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Page Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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