Total Crime Rate
1083.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tottenham Court Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 27th 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 Tottenham Court Road (W1T 7RJ) in the last 12 months was 1083.6 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% 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 291 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 105 (≈ 156.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tottenham Court Road (W1T 7RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 1719 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (334 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Streatham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Streatham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Willoughby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Willoughby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Willoughby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Willoughby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | New Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dyott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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