Total Crime Rate
560.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kings Mews area has the 5th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 68th 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 Kings Mews (WC1N 2HY) in the last 12 months was 560.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% higher than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (425.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 126.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Mews (WC1N 2HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southampton Buildings, where police recorded 240 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerald Street (89 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portpool Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pooles Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Lion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mount Pleasant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mount Pleasant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Baldwin'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Baldwin'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Red Lion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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