Total Crime Rate
5727.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1459.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burlington Arcade area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 11th 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 Burlington Arcade (W1J 0PJ) in the last 12 months was 5727.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1813.6% 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 279 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 7.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 327 (≈ 1459.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burlington Arcade (W1J 0PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 1328 crimes here, including 313 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Of York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cork St Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cork St Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | New Burlington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Burlington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Burlington Place | 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 | Other theft | Beak Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | 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 | Theft from the person | Beak Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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