Total Crime Rate
177.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Flaxman Terrace 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 Flaxman Terrace (WC1H 9AW) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Flaxman Terrace (WC1H 9AW), 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 | Other theft | A501 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A501 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Endsleigh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Endsleigh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Endsleigh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Endsleigh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endsleigh Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Endsleigh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Endsleigh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Compton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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