Total Crime Rate

3093.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

520.3 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 3093.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 1032.5 10/10
  • Other theft 682.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 634.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 520.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 288.6 10/10
  • Public order 113.8 10/10
  • Robbery 109.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 65.0 8/10
  • Burglary 44.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.3 10/10
  • Drugs 16.3 9/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
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

Buckingham Palace Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 26th 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 Buckingham Palace Road (SW1W 0RR) in the last 12 months was 3093.5 per 1,000 residents and was 933.5% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 254 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 128 (≈ 520.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckingham Palace Road (SW1W 0RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Terminus Place, where police recorded 503 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (96 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buckingham Palace Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/141)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Terminus Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Eccleston Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Eccleston Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Gardens Mews North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Other theft Eccleston Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Gardens Mews South —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Phipps Mews —
Apr 2026Drugs Phipps Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Phipps Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Phipps Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Eccleston Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eccleston Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Phipps Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wilton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ebury Mews East —
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Data Sources

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