Crime Rates at Hunter Street, London, WC1N 1BG

Hunter Street area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 212th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hunter Street (WC1N 1BG) in the last 12 months was 200.9 per 1,000 residents and was 72.5% lower than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 78.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hunter Street (WC1N 1BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 306 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Belgrove Street (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.