Total Crime Rate
1105.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
175.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Flaxman Terrace 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 Flaxman Terrace (WC1H 9AP) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Flaxman Terrace (WC1H 9AP), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Speedy Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coram Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tavistock Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bidborough Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bidborough Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ossulston Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ossulston Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coram Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandwich Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandwich Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ossulston Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ossulston Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ossulston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ossulston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ossulston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woburn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Churchway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Doric Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Doric Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Doric Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Doric Way | β |
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