Crime Rates at Buckingham Street, London, WC2N 6BX

Buckingham Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 14th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buckingham Street (WC2N 6BX) in the last 12 months was 4739.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1327.1% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 379 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -68.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 510 (≈ 1924.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckingham Street (WC2N 6BX), 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.