Total Crime Rate
171.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hays Mews 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 Hays Mews (W1J 5QA) 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 Hays Mews (W1J 5QA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 355 crimes here, including 109 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 | Theft from the person | White Horse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bourdon Place | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Davies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Davies Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Davies Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bourdon Place | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carpenter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carpenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bolton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hertford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mount Street Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Street | Under investigation |
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