Total Crime Rate

133.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 133.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 25.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.5 6/10
  • Drugs 19.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ampton Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 246th 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 Ampton Street (WC1X 0LT) in the last 12 months was 133.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ampton Street (WC1X 0LT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ampton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Vernon Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sidmouth Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cubitt Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Britannia Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Britannia Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cubitt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Drugs King'S Cross Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heathcote Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Field Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Field Street —
Apr 2026Drugs King'S Cross Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs King'S Cross Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sidmouth Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cubitt Street —
Apr 2026Robbery King'S Cross Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person King'S Cross Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person King'S Cross Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King'S Cross Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cubitt Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weston Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swinton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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