Total Crime Rate
863.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
359.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Endsleigh Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 37th 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 Endsleigh Street (WC1H 0DD) in the last 12 months was 863.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% higher 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 154 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 29.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 221 (≈ 359.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Endsleigh Street (WC1H 0DD), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 253 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Churchway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Woburn Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tavistock Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Woolf Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doric Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doric Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doric Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Endsleigh Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Doric Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
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