Total Crime Rate
438.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Knox 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 1FY) 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 1FY), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Balcombe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Melcombe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Knox Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wyndham Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Beverston Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Beverston Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spring Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Beverston Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Crawford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melcombe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shillibeer Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harrowby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balcombe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Montagu Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Enford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Enford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dorset Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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