Total Crime Rate
325.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Phoenix 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cubitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John'S Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laystall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pakenham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pakenham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A401 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laystall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mecklenburgh Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownlow Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brownlow Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Margery Street | — |
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