Total Crime Rate

1294.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

241.9 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 1294.4 10/10
  • Other theft 540.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 241.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 181.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 173.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 145.2 10/10
  • Burglary 52.4 10/10
  • Robbery 40.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 36.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.3 10/10
  • Public order 24.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.2 7/10
  • Drugs 16.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 7/10
  • Other crime 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

Drury Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 19th highest crime rate of 548 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 Drury Lane (WC2B 5QD) in the last 12 months was 1294.4 per 1,000 residents and was 93.2% higher 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 134 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 241.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drury Lane (WC2B 5QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 340 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (65 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Drury Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/407)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Dryden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Covent Garden Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monmouth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Dryden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monmouth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monmouth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parker Mews —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Monmouth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Square —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Covent Garden Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Covent Garden Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Covent Garden Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Covent Garden Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Covent Garden —
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bloomsbury Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Montague Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Montague Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Dryden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monmouth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Covent Garden Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Monmouth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Monmouth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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