Total Crime Rate
1105.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
175.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dukes Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 24th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dukes Road (WC1H 9AA) in the last 12 months was 1105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.0% higher than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 175.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dukes Road (WC1H 9AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bidborough Street, where police recorded 195 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Flaxman Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Burton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Flaxman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4200 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Phoenix Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mabledon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Woburn Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Woburn Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cartwright Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mabledon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mabledon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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