Total Crime Rate

384.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 384.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 118.2 10/10
  • Other theft 86.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.2 10/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Robbery 15.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.6 10/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.1 5/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woburn Place area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 115th highest crime rate of 567 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 Woburn Place (WC1H 0AQ) in the last 12 months was 384.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.3% lower than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woburn Place (WC1H 0AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 306 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Woburn Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/179)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Marchmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Woburn Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Woburn Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Woburn Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Woburn Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Upper Woburn Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Woburn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Woburn Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Marchmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marchmont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marchmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marchmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marchmont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marchmont Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Leigh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Leigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leigh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Coram Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tavistock Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tavistock Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tavistock Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tavistock Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Compton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Woburn Place —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 179

Data Sources

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