Total Crime Rate
5475.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1447.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lisle Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 12th 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 Lisle Street (WC2H 7BA) in the last 12 months was 5475.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1729.2% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 684 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , up 40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 49.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 469 (≈ 1447.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lisle Street (WC2H 7BA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 2674 crimes here, including 689 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rose Street | Under investigation |
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