Total Crime Rate
3017.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
456.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willoughby Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 4th highest crime rate of 548 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 Willoughby Street (WC1A 1JD) in the last 12 months was 3017.2 per 1,000 residents and was 350.4% higher than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 376 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 18.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 159 (≈ 456.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willoughby Street (WC1A 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 557 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (85 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coptic Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coptic Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coptic Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coptic Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Neal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Neal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Neal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Neal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stedham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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