Total Crime Rate

325.3 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 325.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 130.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.3 8/10
  • Other theft 34.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 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

Phoenix Place area has the 8th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 131st 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 Phoenix Place (WC1X 0DL) in the last 12 months was 325.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% 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 Theft from the person with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -76.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Phoenix Place (WC1X 0DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laystall Street, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King'S Cross Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Phoenix Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cubitt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order John'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laystall Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pakenham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pakenham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person A401 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Green Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mecklenburgh Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Laystall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mecklenburgh Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brownlow Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Margery Street

Data Sources

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