Total Crime Rate

282.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 282.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 64.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 40.3 10/10
  • Other theft 24.2 10/10
  • Burglary 16.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 8.1 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tonbridge 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tonbridge Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Public order Hastings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hastings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crestfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kenton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Crestfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whidborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whidborne Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kenton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Crestfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crestfield Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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