Total Crime Rate
12304.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2026.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Piccadilly area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 2nd 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 Piccadilly (W1J 0DR) in the last 12 months was 12304.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1436.1% higher than the Marylebone average (801.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 841 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -21.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 379 (≈ 2026.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Piccadilly (W1J 0DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 728 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (131 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albany Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pall Mall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St James'S Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Upper James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pall Mall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pall Mall Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pall Mall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St James'S Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marshall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marshall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marshall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Babmaes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Babmaes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beak Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beak Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beak Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beak Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beak Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James'S Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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