Total Crime Rate
409.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Powis Place area has the 37th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 104th 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 Powis Place (WC1N 3HT) in the last 12 months was 409.7 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% lower than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -27.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 95.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% 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 285 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerald Street (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dane Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bernard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bernard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bernard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grenville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grenville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grenville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Drake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Drake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cosmo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Russell Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Russell Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Russell Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Russell Square | Local resolution |
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