Crime Rates at Summers Street, London, EC1R 5BD

Summers Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 548 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 Summers Street (EC1R 5BD) in the last 12 months was 652.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.5% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 184.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Summers Street (EC1R 5BD), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.