Total Crime Rate

125.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.6 9/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.7 7/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barbon Close 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 Barbon Close (WC1N 3JX) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Barbon Close (WC1N 3JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holborn, where police recorded 255 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.

Crime Over Time in Barbon Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Procter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holborn Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Gloucester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theobald'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Theobald'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theobald'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A401 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Drake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Drake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holborn Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Old Gloucester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holborn Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Red Lion Street
Sep 2025Other theft Red Lion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Old Gloucester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rugby Street

Data Sources

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