Total Crime Rate
13681.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trafalgar Square area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 5th 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 Trafalgar Square (WC2N 5NJ) in the last 12 months was 13681.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4019.5% 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 1,304 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , down -16.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 10.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 691 (≈ 3017.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trafalgar Square (WC2N 5NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leicester Square, where police recorded 813 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (215 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cockspur Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cockspur Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cockspur Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cockspur Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cockspur Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cockspur Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Warwick House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Warwick House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedfordbury | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | William Iv Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | William Iv Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | William Iv Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trafalgar Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
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