Total Crime Rate
2428.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grafton Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 9th 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 5DS) in the last 12 months was 2428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 232.9% 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 250 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -23.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 126 (≈ 486.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Way (W1T 5DS), 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 | Robbery | Richardson'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clipstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clipstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clipstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clipstone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clipstone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clipstone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howland Mews East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Howland Mews East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Howland Mews East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Richardson'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Howland Mews East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitfield Place | Under investigation |
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