Total Crime Rate

325.3 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 325.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 130.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.3 8/10
  • Other theft 34.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 8th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 131st 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 8TU) in the last 12 months was 325.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% 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 Theft from the person with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -76.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grays Inn Road (WC1X 8TU), the main crime hotspot is near Emerald Street. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Grays Inn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/77)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mecklenburgh Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gwynne Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Gwynne Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gwynne Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person King'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mecklenburgh Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rugby Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Lamb'S Conduit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mecklenburgh Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Ormond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Great Ormond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwynne Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ampton Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A401 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orde Hall Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Green Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bedford Row 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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