Total Crime Rate

560.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

126.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 560.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 126.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 100.0 10/10
  • Burglary 93.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 73.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 66.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Other theft 53.3 10/10
  • Public order 46.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.3 10/10
  • Robbery 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Grays Inn Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 68th highest crime rate of 548 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 8PR) in the last 12 months was 560.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% higher than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (425.2 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 126.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grays Inn Road (WC1X 8PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southampton Buildings, where police recorded 240 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerald Street (89 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grays Inn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/128)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Chancery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portpool Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portpool Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other theft Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Red Lion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Red Lion Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portpool Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chancery Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pooles Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Verulam Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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