Total Crime Rate
2055.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Queen Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 13th 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 Great Queen Street (WC2B 5BZ) in the last 12 months was 2055.2 per 1,000 residents and was 181.7% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 362.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Queen Street (WC2B 5BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 306 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holborn (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | B402 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Gate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kemble Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Long Acre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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