Total Crime Rate
362.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marchmont Street area has the 37th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 111th 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 Marchmont Street (WC1N 1AG) in the last 12 months was 362.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -48.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 93.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marchmont Street (WC1N 1AG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 282 crimes here, including 50 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 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coram Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coram Street | — |
| 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 | Other theft | Speedy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Speedy Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Speedy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavistock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Belgrove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandwich Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandwich Street | Under investigation |
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