Total Crime Rate

3920.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 3920.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 943.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 831.7 10/10
  • Other theft 755.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 359.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 353.1 10/10
  • Public order 198.0 10/10
  • Burglary 158.4 10/10
  • Robbery 128.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 59.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 56.1 10/10
  • Drugs 26.4 10/10
  • Other crime 23.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
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

Bedford Row area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bedford Row (WC1R 4TQ) in the last 12 months was 3920.8 per 1,000 residents and was 437.5% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 286 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 48.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 208 (≈ 686.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedford Row (WC1R 4TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southampton Buildings, where police recorded 233 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.

Crime Over Time in Bedford Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/122)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Race Track —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orde Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Emerald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Ormond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Great Ormond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Bedford Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orde Hall Street —
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Race Track Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newman'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Public order Newman'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newman'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newman'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newman'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dombey Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Square —
Sep 2025Public order John'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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