Total Crime Rate
2887.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Goodge 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 Goodge Street (W1T 2QA) 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 Goodge Street (W1T 2QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 459 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (104 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tottenham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rathbone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tottenham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tottenham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tottenham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Keppel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rathbone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tottenham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rathbone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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