Total Crime Rate
330.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vine Hill area has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 129th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vine Hill (EC1R 5DX) in the last 12 months was 330.7 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 89.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vine Hill (EC1R 5DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chancery Lane, where police recorded 138 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portpool Lane (29 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 | Roger Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portpool Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portpool Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portpool Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portpool Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portpool Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portpool Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portpool Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portpool Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portpool Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portpool Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portpool Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portpool Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Herbal Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmouth Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmouth Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmouth Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portpool Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laystall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vine Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attneave Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herbal Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leather Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herbal Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
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