Total Crime Rate
1791.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
495.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesterfield Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 38th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chesterfield Street (W1J 5JF) in the last 12 months was 1791.7 per 1,000 residents and was 498.6% 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 102 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 119 (≈ 495.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesterfield Street (W1J 5JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamilton Mews, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Derby Street (28 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 | Drugs | Hamilton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carlos Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ashburton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashburton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlos Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carlos Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Down Street Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carpenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Street Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | White Horse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waverton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shepherd Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shepherd Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bruton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carpenter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Yarmouth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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