Total Crime Rate

1913.6 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 1913.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 450.6 10/10
  • Other theft 398.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 330.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 268.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 172.8 10/10
  • Public order 92.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 61.7 10/10
  • Burglary 43.2 10/10
  • Robbery 43.2 10/10
  • Drugs 27.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 9.3 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
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

High Holborn area has the 11th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 16th 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 6RD) in the last 12 months was 1913.6 per 1,000 residents and was 162.3% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 146 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -53.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 308.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Holborn (WC1V 6RD), 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.

Crime Over Time in High Holborn area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Procter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emerald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drury Lane —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holborn Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Boswell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Drury Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drury Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Procter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Procter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Emerald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Procter Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Procter Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Procter Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Procter Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Procter Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Procter Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Dryden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emerald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bury Place —
Sep 2025Public order Dryden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln'S Inn Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lincoln'S Inn Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wild Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wild Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wild Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wild Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wild Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parker Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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