Total Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Millman Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 107th lowest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Millman Street (WC1N 3ER) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 86.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Millman Street (WC1N 3ER), 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 | Drugs | Langton Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mecklenburgh Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theobald'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theobald'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theobald'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mecklenburgh Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orde Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orde Hall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Ormond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Red Lion Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownlow Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownlow Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brownlow Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A401 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bedford Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Ormond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mecklenburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barbon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | King'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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