Total Crime Rate

476.8 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 476.8 10/10
  • Other theft 158.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 112.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 59.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.0 10/10
  • Burglary 39.7 10/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Goodge Street area has the 34th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 76th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Goodge Street (W1T 4NG) in the last 12 months was 476.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.6% lower 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 132.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goodge Street (W1T 4NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 778 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (116 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Goodge Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hollen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Noel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Noel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person New Cavendish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft New Cavendish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Percy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percy Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percy Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percy Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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