Total Crime Rate
3017.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
456.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Giles High Street 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 St Giles High Street (WC2H 8LQ) 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 St Giles High Street (WC2H 8LQ), 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 (337 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 | Robbery | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shelton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shelton Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nottingham Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shelton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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