Crime Rates at Laystall Street, London, EC1R 4PQ

Laystall Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 131st 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 Laystall Street (EC1R 4PQ) in the last 12 months was 325.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -76.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laystall Street (EC1R 4PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laystall Street, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portpool Lane (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.