Total Crime Rate
125.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Ormond Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 252nd lowest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Great Ormond Street (WC1N 3HZ) in the last 12 months was 125.7 per 1,000 residents and was 72.6% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 185.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (β 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Ormond Street (WC1N 3HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 194 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 | Bicycle theft | Theobald'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bloomsbury Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bloomsbury Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bloomsbury Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Red Lion Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Orde Hall Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bloomsbury Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orde Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Red Lion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Red Lion Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bloomsbury Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bloomsbury Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Ormond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Procter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Procter Street | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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