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

Grafton Way 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 Grafton Way (W1T 5DG) 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 Grafton Way (W1T 5DG), 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 Grafton Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ogle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goodge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Triton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Goodge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Goodge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goodge Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goodge Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goodge Street
Sep 2025Other theft Euston Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Euston Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital
Sep 2025Theft from the person Goodge 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 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Goodge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital

Data Sources

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