Total Crime Rate
303.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
116.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Frederick Street area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 139th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Frederick Street (WC1X 0ND) in the last 12 months was 303.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 116.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frederick Street (WC1X 0ND), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 198 crimes here, including 76 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 | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Affleck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Weston Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidmouth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidmouth Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Rise | 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 | Theft from the person | Cubitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | 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 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Under investigation |
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