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

Powis Place 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 Powis Place (WC1N 3HT) 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 Powis Place (WC1N 3HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Russell Square, where police recorded 240 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerald Street (89 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Powis Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/158)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Dane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Brunswick Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cosmo Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cosmo Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Queen Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Brunswick Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Great Ormond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Great Ormond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Fisher Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brunswick Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Catton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Square —
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bloomsbury Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rugby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Colonnade Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Colonnade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Colonnade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colonnade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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