Total Crime Rate

7104.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 7104.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 3537.0 10/10
  • Other theft 1265.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 904.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 370.4 10/10
  • Robbery 299.4 10/10
  • Drugs 256.2 10/10
  • Public order 182.1 10/10
  • Burglary 67.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 52.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 52.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 52.5 10/10
  • Other crime 30.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 24.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.3 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Charing Cross Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 11th 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 Charing Cross Road (WC2H 0AN) in the last 12 months was 7104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2039.3% 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 1,146 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -62.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 452 (≈ 1395.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charing Cross Road (WC2H 0AN), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 2113 crimes here, including 451 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Charing Cross Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/907)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Monmouth Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orange Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Manette Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Manette Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orange Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orange Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orange Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orange Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Orange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Manette Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Orange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Manette Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Manette Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leicester Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leicester Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leicester Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manette Street Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 907

Data Sources

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