Total Crime Rate

1913.6 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 1913.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 450.6 10/10
  • Other theft 398.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 330.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 268.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 172.8 10/10
  • Public order 92.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 61.7 10/10
  • Burglary 43.2 10/10
  • Robbery 43.2 10/10
  • Drugs 27.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 9.3 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Southampton Row area has the 11th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 16th 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 Southampton Row (WC1B 5HA) in the last 12 months was 1913.6 per 1,000 residents and was 162.3% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 146 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -53.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 308.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southampton Row (WC1B 5HA), the main crime hotspot is near Holborn. Police recorded 255 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Southampton Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/214)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theobald'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theobald'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dunn'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Museum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Museum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary A401 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Museum Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Museum Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Race Track Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Race Track —
Sep 2025Other theft Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dunn'S Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Drake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Drake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln'S Inn Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lincoln'S Inn Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wild Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wild Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wild Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wild Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wild Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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