Total Crime Rate
670.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
228.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grays Inn Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 51st highest crime rate of 548 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 Grays Inn Road (WC1X 8PX) in the last 12 months was 670.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% higher than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 83 (≈ 228.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grays Inn Road (WC1X 8PX), the main crime hotspot is near Crestfield Street. Police recorded 413 crimes here, including 107 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 | Other theft | Wharfdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Argyle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Argyle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Argyle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tankerton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Omega Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Chad'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Chad'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Chad'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Chad'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Chad'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Chad'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Chad'S Street | — |
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