Crime Rates at Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JB

Great Ormond Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 227th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Ormond Street (WC1N 3JB) in the last 12 months was 187.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Ormond Street (WC1N 3JB), 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.