Total Crime Rate
1900.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grafton 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 5DJ) 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 5DJ), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Midford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Midford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Midford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Euston Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Euston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Midford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| 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 | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Midford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Midford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warren Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warren Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warren Street | Under investigation |
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