Total Crime Rate
2223.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
441.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Flitcroft Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 8th highest crime rate of 548 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 Flitcroft Street (WC2H 8DL) in the last 12 months was 2223.3 per 1,000 residents and was 231.9% 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 176 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 14.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 441.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Flitcroft Street (WC2H 8DL), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 1815 crimes here, including 433 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lisle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dyott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dyott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charing Cross Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charing Cross Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charing Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charing Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Charing Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charing Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charing Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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