Total Crime Rate

187.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 187.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Drugs 37.5 10/10
  • Burglary 18.8 10/10
  • Other theft 18.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Rugby 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 Rugby Street (WC1N 3QZ) 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 Rugby Street (WC1N 3QZ), 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.

Crime Over Time in Rugby Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mecklenburgh Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary New North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New North Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New North Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mecklenburgh Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mecklenburgh Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mecklenburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order John'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Ormond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theobald'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Great Ormond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A401 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bedford Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roger Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roger Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Long Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Long Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orde Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doughty Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Barbon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Old Gloucester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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