Total Crime Rate
411.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Judd Street area has the 35th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 96th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Judd Street (WC1H 9NU) in the last 12 months was 411.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 137.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Judd Street (WC1H 9NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 603 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crestfield Street (107 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In King's Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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