Total Crime Rate
217.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St James Gardens area has the 31st highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Colville , and the 170th highest crime rate of 503 local areas in Kensington and Chelsea .
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 St James Gardens (W11 4RB) in the last 12 months was 217.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% lower than the Colville average (282.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St James Gardens (W11 4RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 829 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queensdale Crescent (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunt Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cowling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stoneleigh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneleigh Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sirdar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sirdar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sirdar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elgood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hippodrome Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hippodrome Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hippodrome Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hippodrome Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensdale Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensdale Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stoneleigh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensdale Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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