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 7BD) 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 7BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 347 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cosmo Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cosmo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Neal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Neal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Neal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parker Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Drury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wild Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wild Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bury Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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