Total Crime Rate
671.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lambs Conduit Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lambs Conduit Street (WC1N 3LJ) in the last 12 months was 671.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% higher 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 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -73.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 438.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lambs Conduit Street (WC1N 3LJ), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Catton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Race Track | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theobald'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theobald'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | King'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A401 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orde Hall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orde Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Ormond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Ormond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | New North Street | Under investigation |
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