Total Crime Rate
3939.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Earnshaw Street area has the highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 567 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 Earnshaw Street (WC2H 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 3939.7 per 1,000 residents and was 440.1% 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 664 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -90.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 149 (≈ 428.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 178.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earnshaw Street (WC2H 8AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 1780 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (296 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | New Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willoughby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Willoughby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Willoughby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Willoughby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Willoughby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Soho Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Soho Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Soho Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Soho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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