Total Crime Rate

115.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Other crime 13.3 10/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Kings Cross Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 230th lowest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Cross Road (WC1X 9LN) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 84.1% lower than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Cross Road (WC1X 9LN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Kings Cross Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/96)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mecklenburgh Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Green Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Green Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gwynne Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percy Circus —
Sep 2025Drugs Percy Circus Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Other theft Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gray'S Inn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mecklenburgh Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gwynne Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwynne Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mecklenburgh Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leeke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Margery Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pakenham Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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