Total Crime Rate
1552.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dukes Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 19th highest crime rate of 567 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 9AB) in the last 12 months was 1552.8 per 1,000 residents and was 112.9% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -44.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 261.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dukes Road (WC1H 9AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 233 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.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ossulston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Flaxman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Flaxman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Place | — |
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