Total Crime Rate
627.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Upper Woburn Place area has the 31st highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 60th 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 Upper Woburn Place (WC1H 0HA) in the last 12 months was 627.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% 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 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 97.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Woburn Place (WC1H 0HA), 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 (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Euston Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Flaxman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Flaxman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woburn Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A4200 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Euston Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Euston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Euston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Euston Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavistock Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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