Total Crime Rate

340.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

91.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 340.8 10/10
  • Other theft 95.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 91.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 68.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Burglary 18.6 10/10
  • Drugs 18.6 10/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Robbery 9.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Queen Square area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 126th highest crime rate of 548 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 Queen Square (WC1N 3BB) in the last 12 months was 340.8 per 1,000 residents and was 49.1% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 91.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Square (WC1N 3BB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 249 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queen Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/135)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Great Ormond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Russell Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Square —
Apr 2026Other theft Brunswick Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Brunswick Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Russell Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Russell Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Russell Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Russell Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Russell Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Brunswick Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Queen Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bloomsbury Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cosmo Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Compton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tavistock Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Compton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Compton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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