Total Crime Rate

1070.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

177.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1070.1 10/10
  • Other theft 271.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 247.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 177.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 172.9 10/10
  • Burglary 121.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.8 10/10
  • Public order 56.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.4 7/10
  • Robbery 18.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Goodge 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 2QP) 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 2QP), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 652 crimes here, including 146 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Goodge Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/349)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Candover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hanway Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hanway Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hanway Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Alfred Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Alfred Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chenies Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chenies Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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