Total Crime Rate
3017.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
456.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Central St Giles Piazza area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 4th 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 Central St Giles Piazza (WC2H 8AB) in the last 12 months was 3017.2 per 1,000 residents and was 350.4% higher than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 376 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 18.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 159 (≈ 456.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Central St Giles Piazza (WC2H 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 1641 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (286 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Moor Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shaftesbury Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Little Newport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gerrard Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shaftesbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shaftesbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaftesbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaftesbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gerrard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gerrard Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willoughby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gerrard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerrard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerrard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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