Total Crime Rate
12214.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2703.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pall Mall 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 Pall Mall (SW1Y 5ES) 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 Pall Mall (SW1Y 5ES), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 513 crimes here, including 115 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Duke Of York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Of York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pall Mall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pall Mall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pall Mall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pall Mall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Albany Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Albany Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Albany Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Albany Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albany Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albany Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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