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

Tottenham 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 Tottenham Street (W1T 4RN) 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 Tottenham Street (W1T 4RN), the main crime hotspot is near Whitfield Place. Police recorded 561 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Tottenham Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/300)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Whitfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newman Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Alfred Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Riding House Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Riding House Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Berners Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howland Mews East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Berners Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitfield Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitfield Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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