Total Crime Rate
3673.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
708.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Adam Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 17th highest crime rate of 587 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 Adam Street (WC2N 6AA) in the last 12 months was 3673.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1127.4% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 231 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 6.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 163 (≈ 708.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Adam Street (WC2N 6AA), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 588 crimes here, including 345 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burleigh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northumberland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Northumberland Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Embankment Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Embankment Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bedford Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedford Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corner House Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northumberland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corner House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corner House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corner House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Corner House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corner House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northumberland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northumberland Avenue | Under investigation |
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