Total Crime Rate
7104.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Little Newport Street 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 Little Newport Street (WC2H 7JJ) 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 Little Newport Street (WC2H 7JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 2762 crimes here, including 556 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Manette Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Manette Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Manette Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Manette Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Manette Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Manette Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Manette Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orange Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Orange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Manette Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manette Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Giles Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Giles Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Giles Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Giles Passage | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Giles Passage | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Giles Passage | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leicester Square | Under investigation |
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