Total Crime Rate

401.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 401.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 197.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 37.4 10/10
  • Other theft 21.4 10/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vine 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 5LJ) 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 5LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rosebery Avenue, where police recorded 80 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.

Crime Over Time in Vine Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vine Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person King'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilmington Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilmington Square —
Sep 2025Robbery White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pooles Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vine Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Vine Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vine Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vine Hill —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dorrington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roger Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roger Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coldbath Square —
Sep 2025Drugs Coldbath Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Verulam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brownlow Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Portpool Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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