Crime Rates at Rathbone Place, London, W1T 1JD

Rathbone 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 Rathbone Place (W1T 1JD) 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 Rathbone Place (W1T 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 1937 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (233 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.