Total Crime Rate
3920.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gate Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 3rd 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 Gate Street (WC2A 3HP) in the last 12 months was 3920.8 per 1,000 residents and was 437.5% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 286 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 48.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 208 (≈ 686.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gate Street (WC2A 3HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holborn, where police recorded 255 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Portsmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Race Track | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lincoln'S Inn Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln'S Inn Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dombey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newman'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stukeley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newman'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newman'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Race Track | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Race Track | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kingsway Tunnel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Barter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Barter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Race Track | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Race Track | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway Tunnel | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wild Court | Under investigation |
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