Crime Rates at St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4LB

St James'S Square area has the 14th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around St James'S Square (SW1Y 4LB) in the last 12 months was 2178.4 per 1,000 residents and was 627.8% 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 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 464.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James'S Square (SW1Y 4LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Great Windmill Street, where police recorded 536 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (121 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.