Total Crime Rate

1552.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1552.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 402.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 361.8 10/10
  • Other theft 306.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.8 10/10
  • Public order 60.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 45.2 10/10
  • Robbery 45.2 10/10
  • Burglary 40.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 40.2 10/10
  • Drugs 35.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 35.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dukes 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 9AD) 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 9AD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dukes Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bidborough Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woburn Place
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Woolf Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolf Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolf Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolf Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Neville Cottages Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Edith Neville Cottages Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4200 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bidborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Doric Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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