Total Crime Rate

506.7 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 506.7 10/10
  • Other theft 93.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 86.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 80.0 10/10
  • Burglary 53.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 53.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 53.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.7 8/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Robbery 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kings Mews area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 72nd 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 Kings Mews (WC1N 2HZ) in the last 12 months was 506.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% higher than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 73.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Mews (WC1N 2HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southampton Buildings, where police recorded 233 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerald Street (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Kings Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/103)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roger Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rugby Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Langton Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brownlow Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Green Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lamb'S Conduit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane —
Sep 2025Other theft Verulam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Square —
Sep 2025Other theft Sandland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Long Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Verulam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Langton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Vine Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roger Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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