Total Crime Rate
1679.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Slingsby Place area has the 19th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 41st highest 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 Slingsby Place (WC2E 9AB) in the last 12 months was 1679.8 per 1,000 residents and was 461.2% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 209.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Slingsby Place (WC2E 9AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 1279 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (345 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B401 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B402 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Compton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Compton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Compton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B404 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B404 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shelton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Giles Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mercer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mercer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mercer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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