Total Crime Rate
113.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Yard area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 210th lowest crime rate of 548 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 Long Yard (WC1N 3LU) in the last 12 months was 113.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% 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 Other theft with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Yard (WC1N 3LU), the main crime hotspot is near Emerald Street. Police recorded 117 crimes here, including 89 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harpur Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theobald'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Emerald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathcote Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roger Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Rugby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brownlow Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brownlow Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
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