Total Crime Rate
133.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ampton 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.
View Crime In King's Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vernon Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidmouth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cubitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cubitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathcote Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Field Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Field Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidmouth Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cubitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | King'S Cross Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | King'S Cross Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cubitt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Under investigation |
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