Total Crime Rate
1819.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
319.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Neals Yard area has the 8th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Bloomsbury , and the 10th 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 Neals Yard (WC2H 9DP) in the last 12 months was 1819.8 per 1,000 residents and was 171.6% higher than the Bloomsbury average (669.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 319.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Neals Yard (WC2H 9DP), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 1002 crimes here, including 167 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 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cranbourn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cranbourn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cranbourn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cranbourn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cranbourn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourn Street | Under investigation |
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