Total Crime Rate

269.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 269.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.5 10/10
  • Burglary 39.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Other theft 32.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 32.9 10/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Roger Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 161st highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Roger Street (WC1N 2JU) in the last 12 months was 269.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 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 Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 333.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (β‰ˆ 111.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 325.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roger Street (WC1N 2JU), the main crime hotspot is near Emerald Street. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Roger Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order John'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Verulam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laystall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laystall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Laystall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Laystall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Laystall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laystall Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laystall Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pakenham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lamb'S Conduit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Mecklenburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mecklenburgh Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mecklenburgh Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Portpool Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Verulam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rugby Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vine Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theobald'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A401 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Langton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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