Crime Rates at Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NP

Craven Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 28th highest crime rate of 604 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 5NP) in the last 12 months was 3333.9 per 1,000 residents and was 903.8% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 447 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 25.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 637 (≈ 989.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Craven Street (WC2N 5NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 681 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.