Total Crime Rate
3110.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hanway Place 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 Hanway Place (W1T 1HF) 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 Hanway Place (W1T 1HF), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 2100 crimes here, including 415 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapone Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chapone Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapone Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chapone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chapone Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chapone Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chapone Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chapone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chapone Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chapone Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapone Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapone Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapone Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wardour Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wardour Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wardour Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wardour Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Meard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Meard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Meard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourchier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourchier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourchier Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bourchier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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