Crime Rates at Newton Street, London, WC2B 5EN

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 5EN) 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 5EN), 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.