Total Crime Rate

650.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 650.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 197.2 10/10
  • Other theft 183.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 135.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.5 10/10
  • Public order 17.3 9/10
  • Robbery 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 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 54th highest crime rate of 567 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 650.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newton Street (WC2B 5EN), the main crime hotspot is near Holborn. Police recorded 255 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Newton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/235)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Betterton Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cosmo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parker Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parker Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Cosmo Place Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Other theft Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Cosmo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parker Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Drury Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bury Place —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wild Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Museum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Museum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Museum Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Museum Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Race Track —
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wild Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Race Track Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Race Track Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 235

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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