Total Crime Rate
536.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charlotte Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 548 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 Charlotte Street (W1T 4PB) in the last 12 months was 536.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 125.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charlotte Street (W1T 4PB), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 491 crimes here, including 107 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 | Riding House Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chenies Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chenies Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chitty Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Goodge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A5204 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5204 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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