Total Crime Rate
1913.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Procter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drury Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Boswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Drury Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drury Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Procter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Procter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Procter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bury Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln'S Inn Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lincoln'S Inn Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wild Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wild Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parker Street | Under investigation |
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