Total Crime Rate
139.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holborn area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 255th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holborn (EC1N 2NH) in the last 12 months was 139.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.3% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (425.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 19.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holborn (EC1N 2NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bleeding Heart Yard, where police recorded 257 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southampton Buildings (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White Bear Yd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vine Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Baldwin'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Baldwin'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | White Bear Yd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | White Bear Yd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White Bear Yd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White Bear Yd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White Bear Yd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White Bear Yd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leather Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leather Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leather Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leather Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leather Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hatton Wall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatton Wall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatton Wall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vine Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hatton Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Verulam Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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