Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 200th lowest 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 This (WC1N 3RA) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% 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 Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 20.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode WC1N 3RA, 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 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roger Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mecklenburgh Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A401 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orde Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orde Hall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bedford Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Ormond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Red Lion Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Doughty Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownlow Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownlow Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brownlow Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Drake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Ormond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dombey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barbon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
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