Total Crime Rate
2887.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crabtree Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 7th 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 Crabtree Place (W1T 2AT) in the last 12 months was 2887.6 per 1,000 residents and was 295.8% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 202 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 107 (≈ 429.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crabtree Place (W1T 2AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 1952 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (217 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Soho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Goodge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Goodge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hollen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodge Place | — |
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