Total Crime Rate

506.7 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 506.7 10/10
  • Other theft 93.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 86.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 80.0 10/10
  • Burglary 53.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 53.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 53.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.7 8/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Robbery 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 72nd 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 8PR) in the last 12 months was 506.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% higher than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 73.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% 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 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.

Crime Over Time in Grays Inn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/110)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sandland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Square —
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A401 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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doughty Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doughty Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roger Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roger Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pooles Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laystall Street —
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 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order John'S Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southampton Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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