Total Crime Rate

535.5 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 535.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 127.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 78.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.0 9/10
  • Other theft 70.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 39.0 10/10
  • Robbery 31.9 10/10
  • Drugs 24.8 10/10
  • Burglary 21.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Public order 14.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 14.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
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

Leather Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 69th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

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 Leather Lane (EC1N 7TP) in the last 12 months was 535.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% higher than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 127.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leather Lane (EC1N 7TP), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 349 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Leather Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/174)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saffron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Square —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hatton Wall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coldbath Square —
Sep 2025Drugs Coldbath Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holborn Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saffron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dorrington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Topham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Topham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pooles Buildings Under investigation
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Data Sources

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