Total Crime Rate

3939.7 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 3939.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 1908.1 10/10
  • Other theft 801.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 502.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 229.9 10/10
  • Robbery 109.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 83.3 9/10
  • Public order 80.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 57.5 10/10
  • Burglary 48.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.1 10/10
  • Drugs 28.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 25.9 10/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.6 9/10
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

Earnshaw 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.

Crime Over Time in Earnshaw Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person New Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willoughby Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willoughby Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Willoughby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Willoughby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Willoughby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Willoughby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Soho Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Soho Street —
Sep 2025Other theft New Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Soho Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dyott Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Soho Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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