Total Crime Rate
177.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burton Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 235th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burton Street (WC1H 9AL) in the last 12 months was 177.9 per 1,000 residents and was 75.6% lower than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burton Street (WC1H 9AL), 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 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Woburn Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Woburn Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Woburn Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Woburn Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Woburn Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Woburn Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Upper Woburn Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Woburn Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bidborough Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bidborough Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Endsleigh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Endsleigh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Coram Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Robbery | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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