Total Crime Rate
157.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Huntley Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 270th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Huntley Street (WC1E 6DD) in the last 12 months was 157.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.5% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Huntley Street (WC1E 6DD), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 510 crimes here, including 239 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Howland Mews East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Howland Mews East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Howland Mews East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howland Mews East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howland Mews East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chenies Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Goodge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chenies Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chenies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chenies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gower Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goodge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goodge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Mews | — |
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