Total Crime Rate
3405.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Floral Street 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 Floral Street (WC2E 9DS) 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 Floral Street (WC2E 9DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 1578 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (384 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Drury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John Adam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John Adam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | John Adam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | John Adam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | John Adam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Adam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Adam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Adam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Adam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Adam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | John Adam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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