Total Crime Rate
401.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vine Hill area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 109th highest crime rate of 567 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 5DZ) in the last 12 months was 401.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 171.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vine Hill (EC1R 5DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 129 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leather Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Saffron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Saffron Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | South Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rosebery Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leather Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laystall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosebery Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosebery Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vine Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Hill | — |
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