Total Crime Rate
378.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kings Cross Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 116th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Cross Road (WC1X 9LS) in the last 12 months was 378.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 144.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Cross Road (WC1X 9LS), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Weston Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Weston Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Weston Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mecklenburgh Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Doughty Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mecklenburgh Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Granville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Granville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Penton Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | King'S Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gray'S Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cubitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cubitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cubitt Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penton Rise | — |
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