Total Crime Rate
1179.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsway 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 Kingsway (WC2B 6TP) 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 Kingsway (WC2B 6TP), 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 | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strand | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strand | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strand | — |
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