Crime Rate in Holborn & Covent Garden, ward

Holborn & Covent Garden has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 wards in Camden district and the 34th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 15th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Holborn & Covent Garden in the last 12 months was 459.6 per 1,000 residents and was 97.7% higher than the Camden district average (232.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Holborn & Covent Garden’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,316 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 16 cases , up 77.8% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 77.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -19.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,050 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Holborn & Covent Garden ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Theatre/Concert Hall, with 555 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Emerald Street (95 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.