Total Crime Rate
157.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Malet 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 Malet Street (WC1E 7JN) 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 Malet Street (WC1E 7JN), 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 | Theft from the person | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B506 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B506 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Torrington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Torrington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Percy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Percy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Percy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Percy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Percy Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B506 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B506 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B506 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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