Total Crime Rate
184.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eagle Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 229th highest 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 Eagle Street (WC1R 4AP) in the last 12 months was 184.9 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eagle Street (WC1R 4AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holborn, where police recorded 251 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerald Street (89 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newman'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newman'S Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newman'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fisher Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fisher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Lion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Holborn | Under investigation |
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