Total Crime Rate
876.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Endsleigh Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 37th 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 Endsleigh Street (WC1H 0DZ) in the last 12 months was 876.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% higher 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 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 190 (≈ 309.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Endsleigh Street (WC1H 0DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 290 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A501 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A501 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A501 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | A501 | Under investigation |
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