Total Crime Rate

773.7 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 773.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 165.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 153.3 10/10
  • Other theft 129.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 126.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 48.7 10/10
  • Burglary 21.9 10/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
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

Tottenham Court Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 44th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tottenham Court Road (W1T 7PA) in the last 12 months was 773.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 148.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tottenham Court Road (W1T 7PA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tottenham Court Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chenies Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howland Mews East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rathbone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Howland Mews East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Howland Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howland Mews East
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howland Mews East
Sep 2025Other theft Rathbone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alfred Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howland Mews East
Sep 2025Other theft Chenies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gower Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goodge Place
Sep 2025Other theft Goodge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Goodge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Goodge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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