Total Crime Rate
1439.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Holborn area has the 14th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 20th 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 High Holborn (WC1V 6PW) in the last 12 months was 1439.5 per 1,000 residents and was 97.3% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 213.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Holborn (WC1V 6PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 267 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holborn (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dunn'S Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Catton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Catton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Procter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Great Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Great Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Procter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neal Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gilbert Place | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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