Total Crime Rate
7104.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shelton 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 Shelton Street (WC2H 9JS) 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 Shelton Street (WC2H 9JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 1759 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (314 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Knightsbridge & Belgravia| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Newport Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bedford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bear Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bear Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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