Total Crime Rate
3414.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
524.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hanway Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 548 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 Hanway Place (W1T 1HF) in the last 12 months was 3414.4 per 1,000 residents and was 409.7% higher than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 156 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 524.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hanway Place (W1T 1HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 1618 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (368 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bayley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B506 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B506 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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