Total Crime Rate
2827.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
457.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goodge Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 5th 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 Goodge Street (W1T 2PF) in the last 12 months was 2827.3 per 1,000 residents and was 322.0% 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 196 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 114 (≈ 457.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goodge Street (W1T 2PF), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 1580 crimes here, including 130 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | South Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chenies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chenies Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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