Total Crime Rate
1070.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
177.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goodge Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 25th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Goodge Street (W1T 2QN) in the last 12 months was 1070.1 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% higher than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 177.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goodge Street (W1T 2QN), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 864 crimes here, including 188 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 | Violence and sexual offences | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Great Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Great Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Great Chapel Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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