Total Crime Rate
269.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brownlow Mews 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 Brownlow Mews (WC1N 2LD) 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 (≈ 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 Brownlow Mews (WC1N 2LD), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gwynne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laystall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Laystall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laystall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laystall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laystall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laystall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mecklenburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mecklenburgh Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mecklenburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laystall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lamb'S Conduit Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orde Hall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pakenham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theobald'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theobald'S Road | Under investigation |
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