Total Crime Rate

208.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 208.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 69.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.0 9/10
  • Other theft 25.6 10/10
  • Burglary 22.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 18.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 9/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bloomsbury Square 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 Bloomsbury Square (WC1A 2TA) 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 Bloomsbury Square (WC1A 2TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holborn, where police recorded 251 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bloomsbury Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/276)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Gate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Gate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parker Mews —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Dryden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Dryden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dryden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Procter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gate Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gate Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Gate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Gate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Queen Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Barter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Barter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bloomsbury Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cosmo Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Procter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
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Data Sources

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