Total Crime Rate
337.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cubitt Street area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 127th highest crime rate of 548 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 Cubitt Street (WC1X 0LJ) in the last 12 months was 337.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 77.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cubitt Street (WC1X 0LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mount Pleasant, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In King's Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Granville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cubitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cubitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cubitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cubitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Weston Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mount Pleasant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gwynne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prideaux Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lloyd Baker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vernon Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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