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Crime · St James
Reported crime in central St James
4,068 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 96 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
4,068
Rate / 1,000
96
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,267 | 31% |
| Anti social behaviour | 900 | 22% |
| Shoplifting | 548 | 13% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 343 | 8% |
| Other theft | 284 | 7% |
| Public order | 186 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 141 | 3% |
| Drugs | 107 | 3% |
| Other crime | 88 | 2% |
| Burglary | 82 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 37 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 32 | 1% |
| Robbery | 32 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 21 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 93 | 99 | 101 | 127 | 128 | 95 | 95 | 109 | 101 | 111 | 108 | 100 | 1267 |
| Anti social behaviour | 62 | 88 | 72 | 70 | 59 | 68 | 53 | 71 | 77 | 59 | 103 | 118 | 900 |
| Shoplifting | 62 | 39 | 44 | 31 | 49 | 48 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 50 | 54 | 42 | 548 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 22 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 41 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 343 |
| Other theft | 22 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 284 |
| Public order | 20 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 186 |
| Vehicle crime | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 141 |
| Drugs | 10 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 107 |
| Other crime | 9 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 88 |
| Burglary | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 82 |
| Possession of weapons | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 32 | |||
| Robbery | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 32 | |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | |||
| Total | 334 | 336 | 340 | 337 | 346 | 315 | 305 | 346 | 300 | 335 | 392 | 382 | 4068 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering St James, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 42,446.