Crime Rates at Shorts Gardens, London, WC2H 9AN

Shorts Gardens area has the 19th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 28th highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shorts Gardens (WC2H 9AN) in the last 12 months was 1070.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% higher than the Bloomsbury average (729.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 112 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 212.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shorts Gardens (WC2H 9AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 469 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.