Total Crime Rate

3414.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

524.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 3414.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 861.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 734.8 10/10
  • Other theft 541.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 530.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 524.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 320.4 10/10
  • Robbery 116.0 10/10
  • Public order 82.9 10/10
  • Burglary 60.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 44.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 38.7 10/10
  • Other crime 16.6 10/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rathbone 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 Rathbone Place (W1T 1JD) 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 Rathbone Place (W1T 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 1769 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (209 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rathbone Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/563)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Soho Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Duck Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royalty Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Duck Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Duck Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Duck Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Duck Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Duck Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Duck Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Royalty Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Duck Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Duck Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Duck Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Percy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Percy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Royalty Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chapone Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hollen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Chapone Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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