Total Crime Rate

252.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 252.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.0 7/10
  • Other theft 31.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 27.0 10/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grays Inn Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 174th highest crime rate of 567 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 Grays Inn Road (WC1X 8LS) in the last 12 months was 252.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grays Inn Road (WC1X 8LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southampton Buildings, where police recorded 233 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Grays Inn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/119)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person King'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pooles Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roger Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roger Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Greville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Greville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greville Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holborn Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holborn —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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