Total Crime Rate

4667.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

1928.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 4667.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 1928.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1426.4 10/10
  • Other theft 818.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 690.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 400.0 10/10
  • Public order 377.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 264.2 10/10
  • Drugs 215.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 215.1 10/10
  • Robbery 113.2 10/10
  • Other crime 49.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 41.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 22.6 10/10
  • Burglary 22.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.3 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Villiers 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 Villiers Street (WC2N 6ND) in the last 12 months was 4667.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1319.2% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (328.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 378 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -68.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 511 (≈ 1928.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Villiers Street (WC2N 6ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 668 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (315 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Villiers Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Other theft B404 Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Embankment Place
Oct 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Oct 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Chandos Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Chandos Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Chandos Place
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Embankment Place
Oct 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Embankment Place
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Embankment Place
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitehall Court
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Horse Guards Avenue Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Horse Guards Avenue Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Horse Guards Avenue Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Horse Guards Avenue Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Horse Guards Avenue Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Horse Guards Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Horse Guards Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Horse Guards Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Horse Guards Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Horse Guards Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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