Total Crime Rate
9662.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Irving Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 6th 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 Irving Street (WC2H 7AZ) in the last 12 months was 9662.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2809.3% 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 1,675 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 8 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 592 (≈ 1653.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Irving Street (WC2H 7AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 1660 crimes here, including 328 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Knightsbridge & Belgravia| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gerrard Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leicester Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B404 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Garrick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garrick Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B404 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B404 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B404 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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