Total Crime Rate
2428.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Warren Street 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 Warren Street (W1T 5NZ) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Warren Street (W1T 5NZ), 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.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Passage | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Whitfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogle Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogle Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Prince Of Wales Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Munster Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Munster Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Munster Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Warren Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hanson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Netley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hanson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Netley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | 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 |
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