Total Crime Rate
171.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hill Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 275th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hill Street (W1J 5NT) in the last 12 months was 171.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% lower than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill Street (W1J 5NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamilton Mews, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A4202 (35 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 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Davies Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Street Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Down Street Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carlos Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carlos Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlos Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tilney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stanhope Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stanhope Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Davies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Davies Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Curzon Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Curzon Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Curzon Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Curzon Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deanery Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackburne'S Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shepherd Market | Under investigation |
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