Total Crime Rate
208.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Galen Place area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Galen Place (WC1A 2JR) in the last 12 months was 208.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.8% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Galen Place (WC1A 2JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dyott Street, where police recorded 261 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holborn (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Russell Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Russell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Russell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Russell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southampton Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southampton Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Russell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Southampton Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Museum Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Museum Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Museum Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Museum Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
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