Total Crime Rate

654.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

190.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 654.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 190.3 10/10
  • Other theft 173.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 141.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 117.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.2 10/10
  • Public order 45.0 10/10
  • Robbery 31.1 10/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newton Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newton Street (WC2B 5EF) in the last 12 months was 654.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% lower than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 190.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newton Street (WC2B 5EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holborn, where police recorded 251 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden

Crime Over Time in Newton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/334)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Museum Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gilbert Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Endell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Museum Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Museum Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Museum Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Museum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Drury Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gilbert Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Drury Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Drury Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Museum Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Catton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Catton Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Catton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Catton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Catton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Catton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gilbert Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gilbert Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Catton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Dunn'S Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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