Total Crime Rate
242.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Knightsbridge area has the 49th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 256th highest crime rate of 604 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 Knightsbridge (SW7 1DJ) in the last 12 months was 242.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.4% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knightsbridge (SW7 1DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Lancelot Place. Police recorded 535 crimes here, including 121 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Prince'S Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Raphael Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lancelot Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Raphael Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lancelot Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lancelot Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lancelot Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lancelot Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lancelot Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lancelot Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Raphael Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Raphael Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lancelot Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beaufort Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beaufort Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Beaufort Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Beauchamp Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beauchamp Place | Under investigation |
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