Crime Rate in Holborn & Covent Garden, ward

Holborn & Covent Garden has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 wards in Camden district and the 37th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 14th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Holborn & Covent Garden in the last 12 months was 423.2 per 1,000 residents and was 91.7% higher than the Camden district average (220.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Holborn & Covent Garden’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 907 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 16 cases , up 6.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 20.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -18.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,061 (≈ 89.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Holborn & Covent Garden ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Further/Higher Educational Building, with 431 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Emerald Street (87 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.