Total Crime Rate
3405.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broad Court area has the 10th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 26th highest crime rate of 604 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 Broad Court (WC2B 5QH) in the last 12 months was 3405.5 per 1,000 residents and was 925.4% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 298 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 123 (≈ 422.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broad Court (WC2B 5QH), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 757 crimes here, including 141 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kean Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kean Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kean Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kean Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kean Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garrick Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nottingham Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nottingham Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nottingham Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nottingham Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Neal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Neal Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neal Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Strand | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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