Total Crime Rate
3648.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
753.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garrick Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 18th 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 Garrick Street (WC2E 9BD) in the last 12 months was 3648.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1118.9% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 322 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 52.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 208 (≈ 753.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garrick Street (WC2E 9BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 1307 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 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Neal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Giles Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Giles Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Giles Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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