Total Crime Rate

1900.8 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 1900.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 584.0 10/10
  • Other theft 557.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 305.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 152.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 84.0 9/10
  • Public order 68.7 10/10
  • Burglary 38.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 30.5 10/10
  • Robbery 19.1 10/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
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 Court Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 17th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tottenham Court Road (W1T 4TW) in the last 12 months was 1900.8 per 1,000 residents and was 160.6% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 244.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tottenham Court Road (W1T 4TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitfield Place, where police recorded 561 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (231 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Tottenham Court Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chenies Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howland Mews East
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howland Mews East
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howland Mews East
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howland Mews East
Sep 2025Other theft Whitfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Whitfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gower Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gower Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Whitfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Whitfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitfield Place
Sep 2025Other theft Whitfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Goodge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Goodge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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