Total Crime Rate
187.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rugby 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Race Track | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mecklenburgh Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | New North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mecklenburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mecklenburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mecklenburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Ormond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theobald'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Ormond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A401 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bedford Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roger Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Race Track | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orde Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Doughty Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Barbon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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