Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 125.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 41.7 10/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Drugs 10.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ridgmount Gardens area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 231st lowest 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 Ridgmount Gardens (WC1E 7AP) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgmount Gardens (WC1E 7AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 354 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tottenham Court Road (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgmount Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tottenham Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tottenham Court Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tottenham Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tottenham Court Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tottenham Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tottenham Court Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tottenham Court Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tottenham Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tottenham Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tottenham Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tottenham Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tottenham Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Tottenham Court Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chenies Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chenies Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order B506 Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B506 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft B506 Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft B506 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gresse Street
Apr 2026Other theft Gresse Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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