Total Crime Rate
108.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barbon Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 196th lowest crime rate of 548 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 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (425.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.3% 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 251 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.
View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A401 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A401 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Doughty Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princeton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princeton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Princeton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Emerald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theobald'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Southampton Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fisher Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
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