Total Crime Rate

534.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 534.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 291.1 10/10
  • Public order 82.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.1 9/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Covent Garden area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Abbey , and the 12th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Cambridge .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Covent Garden (CB1 2HR) in the last 12 months was 534.8 per 1,000 residents and was 249.1% higher than the Abbey average (153.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 151.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 247.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Covent Garden (CB1 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Street, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Covent Garden area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradmore Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradmore Lane —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bradmore Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradmore Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Queen Anne Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mortimer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mortimer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lyndewode Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wilkin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilkin Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen Anne Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen Anne Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willis Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Collier Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Guest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Covent Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Covent Garden Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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