Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ridgmount 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 7AR) 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 7AR), 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.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | 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 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tottenham Court Road | 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 | 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 | Tottenham Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tottenham Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gresse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gresse Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alfred Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Alfred Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chenies Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chenies Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chenies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chenies Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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