Total Crime Rate
12214.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2703.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coventry Street 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 Coventry Street (W1D 7DH) 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 Coventry Street (W1D 7DH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 2501 crimes here, including 660 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greek Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greek Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greek Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Greek Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Romilly Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greek Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Romilly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Romilly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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