Total Crime Rate
3248.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1031.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Craven Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 25th 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 Craven Street (WC2N 5NG) in the last 12 months was 3248.5 per 1,000 residents and was 985.3% 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 448 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -24.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 664 (≈ 1031.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Craven Street (WC2N 5NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 731 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (345 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Horse Guards Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hop Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Horse Guards Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Horse Guards Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Horse Guards Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Horse Guards Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Horse Guards Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Embankment Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Embankment Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Embankment Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chandos Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craig'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Northumberland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Iv Street | — |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.