Total Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sidmouth Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sidmouth Street (WC1H 8JP) in the last 12 months was 60.4 per 1,000 residents and was 91.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 22.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sidmouth Street (WC1H 8JP), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 198 crimes here, including 76 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mecklenburgh Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mecklenburgh Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mecklenburgh Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vernon Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vernon Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | King'S Cross Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | King'S Cross Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Doughty Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray'S Inn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cubitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cubitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Guilford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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