Total Crime Rate
1179.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kean Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 55th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kean Street (WC2B 4AZ) in the last 12 months was 1179.3 per 1,000 residents and was 255.1% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 337.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kean Street (WC2B 4AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 289 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holborn (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kingsway Tunnel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sardinia Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Great Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Great Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sardinia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Keeley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sardinia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wild Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drury Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drury Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drury Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drury Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Portsmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | A301 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drury Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drury Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Drury Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kemble Street | Under investigation |
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