Total Crime Rate
3391.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Strand area has the 11th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 27th 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 Strand (WC2R 0LP) in the last 12 months was 3391.3 per 1,000 residents and was 921.1% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 226 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 158 (≈ 687.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Strand (WC2R 0LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 644 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Langley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henrietta Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bedford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henrietta Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Henrietta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Henrietta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Henrietta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Henrietta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
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