Total Crime Rate
193.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Red Lion Street area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 220th 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 Red Lion Street (WC1R 4PD) in the last 12 months was 193.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.5% lower than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Red Lion Street (WC1R 4PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holborn, where police recorded 255 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerald Street (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sardinia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln'S Inn Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Procter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Procter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Boswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A401 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doughty Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lincoln'S Inn Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roger Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newman'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newman'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sardinia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | King'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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