Total Crime Rate

438.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 438.6 10/10
  • Other theft 99.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.2 9/10
  • Robbery 52.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 46.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 35.1 10/10
  • Burglary 23.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Knox Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Hyde Park , and the 142nd 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 Knox Street (W1H 1FS) in the last 12 months was 438.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Hyde Park average (469.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 134.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knox Street (W1H 1FS), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Knox Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/167)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brown Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Balcombe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Salisbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Salisbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Salisbury Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Siddons Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Siddons Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Siddons Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Siddons Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Siddons Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Siddons Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Balcombe Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Balcombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Balcombe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Montagu Mews North Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Balcombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Balcombe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balcombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balcombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balcombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Molyneux Street —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Homer Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Homer Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndham Yard —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryanston Mews East —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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