Total Crime Rate

2887.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 2887.6 10/10
  • Other theft 811.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 642.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 538.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 216.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 208.8 10/10
  • Public order 136.6 10/10
  • Burglary 96.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 84.3 10/10
  • Robbery 80.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 28.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.1 10/10
  • Drugs 12.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Windmill Street 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 Windmill Street (W1T 2HX) 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 Windmill Street (W1T 2HX), 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 (217 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Windmill Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Other theft Newman Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bayley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bayley Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bayley Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bayley Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bayley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bayley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bayley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bayley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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