Total Crime Rate

476.4 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 476.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 218.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.9 10/10
  • Other theft 47.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Public order 32.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.2 7/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 8/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Russell Square area has the 35th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 77th 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 Russell Square (WC1B 4HR) in the last 12 months was 476.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -69.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Russell Square (WC1B 4HR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 424 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Russell Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/185)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dunn'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cosmo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cosmo Place Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Other theft Dunn'S Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Dunn'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dunn'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Russell Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woburn Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4200 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A4200 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft A4200 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Russell Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Russell Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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