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 5DU) 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 5DU), 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 (221 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hanson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hanson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolmer'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolmer'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolmer'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolmer'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tolmer'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Charlotte Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clipstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | 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 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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