The Crown Jewels may be secure in the Tower of London - but neighbours of the Queen’s Buckingham Palace residence are more at risk from burglars than anywhere else in the country. Last year there were almost 236,000 burglaries across England and Wales, according to hyper-local police neighbourhood crime figures. That was a 3.3% drop from just under 244,000 in 2020-21.
The Fitzrovia West and Soho neighbourhood of Westminster suffered more burglaries than anywhere else in England and Wales with 338, followed by Leeds City Centre (330) and then Central Stockton, Portrack and Low Hartburn in Stockton-on-Tees in the North East.
But when compared to the size of the population, residents living in Strand, St James and Mayfair in Westminster - which includes Buckingham Palace, as well as Covent Garden and part of St James Park - were more at risk from burglars than any other neighbourhood. For every 1,000 residents living in that neighbourhood, there were around 34 burglaries, the highest rate in all England and Wales. That was followed by Goldthorpe in Barnsley (30 burglaries per 1,000 residents), and then Fitzrovia West and Soho (29 per 1,000 residents).
