Total Crime Rate
9662.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gerrard Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 6th highest crime rate of 604 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 Gerrard Street (W1D 5PT) in the last 12 months was 9662.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2809.3% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,675 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 8 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 592 (≈ 1653.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gerrard Street (W1D 5PT), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 3424 crimes here, including 717 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Knightsbridge & Belgravia| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Duck Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Buildings | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Buildings | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wardour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wardour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wardour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wardour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wardour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardour Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardour Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardour Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duck Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Newport Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Richmond Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gerrard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richmond Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royalty Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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