Total Crime Rate

3600.0 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 3600.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 1911.6 10/10
  • Other theft 627.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 214.0 10/10
  • Robbery 167.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 162.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 153.5 10/10
  • Drugs 88.4 10/10
  • Public order 83.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 41.9 10/10
  • Burglary 32.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.6 10/10
  • Other crime 14.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.0 10/10
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

Charing Cross Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 4th 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 Charing Cross Road (WC2H 0LA) in the last 12 months was 3600.0 per 1,000 residents and was 393.5% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 411 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -65.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 479.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charing Cross Road (WC2H 0LA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 2084 crimes here, including 376 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Charing Cross Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/929)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carlisle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carlisle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Carlisle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Carlisle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Carlisle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Carlisle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Compton Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Compton Street —
Sep 2025Public order New Compton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New Compton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Coptic Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shaftesbury Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shaftesbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carlisle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stedham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Earlham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Frith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Frith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Frith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlisle Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 929

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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