Total Crime Rate
476.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Goodge 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.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hollen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Noel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Noel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | New Cavendish Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Cavendish Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rathbone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rathbone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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