Total Crime Rate
148.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Argyle Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 267th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Argyle Street (WC1H 8ER) in the last 12 months was 148.9 per 1,000 residents and was 77.8% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Argyle Street (WC1H 8ER), the main crime hotspot is near Crestfield Street. Police recorded 413 crimes here, including 107 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In King's Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Midhope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Midhope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brunswick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crestfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crestfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brunswick Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Omega Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brunswick Square | Under investigation |
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