Crime Rates at Mount Pleasant, London, WC1X 0AE

Mount Pleasant area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 109th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mount Pleasant (WC1X 0AE) in the last 12 months was 401.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 171.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant (WC1X 0AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rosebery Avenue, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portpool Lane (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.