Crime Rates at Regent Street, London, SW1Y 4LR

Regent Street area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 3rd 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 Regent Street (SW1Y 4LR) in the last 12 months was 12214.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3980.6% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 988 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 27.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -16.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 619 (≈ 2703.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Street (SW1Y 4LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 1384 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (299 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.