Total Crime Rate

756.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

154.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 756.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 386.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 154.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 101.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.2 10/10
  • Robbery 41.7 10/10
  • Other theft 35.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.9 10/10
  • Other crime 11.9 10/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bessborough Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 587 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 Bessborough Street (SW1V 2JD) in the last 12 months was 756.0 per 1,000 residents and was 152.6% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 154.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bessborough Street (SW1V 2JD), the main crime hotspot is near Tachbrook Street. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bessborough Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/65)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Pimlico Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Drummond Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorndike Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St George'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St George'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Drummond Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stanford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pimlico —
Apr 2026Burglary Stanford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Drummond Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Drummond Gate —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moreton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Moreton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moreton Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moreton Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moreton Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pimlico —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Rampayne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Pimlico Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bessborough Gardens —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bessborough Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pimlico Under investigation
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Data Sources

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