Total Crime Rate
282.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tonbridge Street area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 567 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 Tonbridge Street (WC1H 9PE) in the last 12 months was 282.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% lower than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tonbridge Street (WC1H 9PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 539 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crestfield Street (89 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 | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hastings Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hastings Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kenton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Crestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whidborne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whidborne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kenton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crestfield Street | Under investigation |
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