Total Crime Rate
2883.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
405.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Floral Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 29th highest crime rate of 587 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 Floral Street (WC2E 9DA) in the last 12 months was 2883.2 per 1,000 residents and was 863.2% 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 260 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 118 (≈ 405.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Floral Street (WC2E 9DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 635 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 | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
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