Crime Rates at New Compton Street, London, WC2H 8DA

New Compton Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 14th 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 New Compton Street (WC2H 8DA) in the last 12 months was 1982.0 per 1,000 residents and was 171.7% 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 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 234.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Compton Street (WC2H 8DA), 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 (234 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.