Crime Rate in Bloomsbury, ward

Bloomsbury has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Camden district and the 6th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 5th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bloomsbury in the last 12 months was 673.0 per 1,000 residents and was 204.9% higher than the Camden district average (220.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bloomsbury’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 2,346 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 22 cases , up 10.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 17.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -15.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,948 (≈ 130.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bloomsbury ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 454 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (148 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.