Crime Rates at Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HX

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 0HX) 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 0HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 1813 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (351 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.