Crime Rates at Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0HT

Upper Woburn Place 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 Upper Woburn Place (WC1H 0HT) 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 Upper Woburn Place (WC1H 0HT), 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 Grafton Place (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.