Total Crime Rate

3110.5 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 3110.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 911.6 10/10
  • Other theft 624.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 469.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 458.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 243.1 10/10
  • Robbery 116.0 10/10
  • Public order 88.4 10/10
  • Burglary 71.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 44.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 33.2 10/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Percy Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 5th 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 Percy Street (W1T 1DY) in the last 12 months was 3110.5 per 1,000 residents and was 326.4% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 165 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 27.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 447.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Percy Street (W1T 1DY), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 1808 crimes here, including 170 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Percy Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hollen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Great Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Great Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Great Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Great Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Great Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Great Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Chapel Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hollen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hollen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hollen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hollen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Morwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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