Total Crime Rate
333.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sandwich Street area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 128th highest crime rate of 567 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 Sandwich Street (WC1H 9PF) in the last 12 months was 333.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 76.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandwich Street (WC1H 9PF), the main crime hotspot is near Crestfield Street. Police recorded 389 crimes here, including 89 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bloomsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Marchmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crestfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A4200 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Belgrove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Henrietta Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Henrietta Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A4200 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A4200 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woburn Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woolf Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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