Total Crime Rate
1004.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
183.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Montague Place area has the 20th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 27th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Montague Place (WC1E 7JW) in the last 12 months was 1004.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% higher 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 183.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Montague Place (WC1E 7JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 517 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (98 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 | Alfred Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Morwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Morwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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