Crime Rates at Backhill, London, EC1R 5EN

Backhill 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 Backhill (EC1R 5EN) 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 Backhill (EC1R 5EN), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 306 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.