Total Crime Rate
129.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cubitt Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 233rd lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cubitt Street (WC1X 0LS) in the last 12 months was 129.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cubitt Street (WC1X 0LS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In King's Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Seaford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Affleck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ampton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Frederick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frederick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frederick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Weston Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swinton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Affleck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumming Street | — |
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