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St James's

WARD
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
10,346
Households
5,302
Crimes · Jun '26
Among the highest · 135.8 per 1k
5,302
Households
White Brit. · 35%
Ethnicity
Christian · 39%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Among the highest · 135.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£1,111,294
Median property price
1,569
Postcodes
5,302
Households
White Brit. · 35%
Ethnicity
Christian · 39%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Among the highest · 135.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£1,111,294
Median property price
1,569
Postcodes

Sold prices in St James's

England & Wales
Property sales · St James's
HM Land Registry · St James's
Average price
£1,201,528
YoY: -50.5%
Median price: £1,743,795
View district SW1A
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Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 3 sales · avg £752,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£3.7m£2.2m£594k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in St James's

England & Wales
Crime trends · St James's

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
262
YoY stable
316250183
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
209
YoY +16%
253205156
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
23
YoY +64%
694010
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
18
YoY -38%
37239
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
3
YoY -92%
61310
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Bicycle Theft
24
YoY +50%
26178
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · bicycle theft up sharply · vehicle crime rising

1,405
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in St James's

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Westminster.

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Amenities in St James's

GPs make up most of the mapped places

104 GPs · 32 Museums · 28 Libraries · 207 in all

  • GPs104
  • Museums32
  • Libraries28
  • Hospitals22
  • Universities21

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of St James's

Coordinates51.5071, -0.1291
Postcodes
1,569
Population (Census)
10,346
Households (Census)
5,302
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Among the highest · 135.8 per 1k

Demographics in St James's

Ethnicity

Total residents: 10,342
White Brit.34.7%
Other White23.5%
Chinese8.6%
Other Asian5.3%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group4.2%
+ 9 other groups · 23.8%

Religion

Total residents: 10,362
Christian39.0%
No religion34.8%
Muslim10.0%
Not answered9.4%
Buddhist2.2%
+ 2 other religions · 4.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 10,346
25–3422.7%
35–4920.1%
50–6417.6%
20–2412.5%
65–746.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 20.2%

Households

Total households: 5,302
Other42.8%
Any member 66+9.3%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over9.0%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.7%
+ 8 other households · 22.8%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for St James's

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.42 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.42 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).