Total Crime Rate
1690.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
339.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jermyn Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 40th 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 Jermyn Street (SW1Y 6LS) in the last 12 months was 1690.1 per 1,000 residents and was 464.6% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 339.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jermyn Street (SW1Y 6LS), 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.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitcomb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coventry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coventry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Apple Tree Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Apple Tree Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lower James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coventry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coventry Street | Under investigation |
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