Total Crime Rate

168.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 168.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.5 9/10
  • Other theft 30.2 10/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.6 9/10
  • Robbery 8.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Theobalds Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 249th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Theobalds Road (WC1X 8PF) in the last 12 months was 168.1 per 1,000 residents and was 63.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Theobalds Road (WC1X 8PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southampton Buildings, where police recorded 233 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerald Street (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden

Crime Over Time in Theobalds Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/124)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Race Track —
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Red Lion Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Race Track Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bedford Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theobald'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laystall Street —
Sep 2025Public order John'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Red Lion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Laystall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brownlow Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doughty Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Theft from the person A401 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Square —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
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Data Sources

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