Total Crime Rate
1434.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
222.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Great Newport Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 46th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Great Newport Street (WC2H 7JD) in the last 12 months was 1434.3 per 1,000 residents and was 379.2% 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 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 222.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 117.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Newport Street (WC2H 7JD), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 1604 crimes here, including 436 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 | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Compton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Compton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Long Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Covent Garden | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Giles Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Compton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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