Total Crime Rate
1105.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
175.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bidborough Street 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 Bidborough Street (WC1H 9BT) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Bidborough Street (WC1H 9BT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 578 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bidborough Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bidborough Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Neville Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidborough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coram Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coram Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandwich Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Flaxman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Flaxman Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bidborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mabledon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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