Crime Rates in Bloomsbury & Holborn (WC1)
Crime statistics for WC1 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Bloomsbury & Holborn (WC1)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 4,476 crimes within 1 mile of the WC1 centre, against 2,747 around EC4, 2,657 around EC1, 2,703 around EC2 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in WC1?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the WC1 centre were Other theft (830), Shoplifting (736) and Theft from the person (709), out of 4,476 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full WC1 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in WC1?
Enter a full WC1 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
WC1 at a glance
4,476 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the WC1 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was other theft, at 19% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 4,476
- Most recorded category
- Other theft (19%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- Holborn and Covent Garden (Metropolitan Police Service)
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other theft | 830 | 19% |
| Shoplifting | 736 | 16% |
| Theft from the person | 709 | 16% |
| Violent crime | 681 | 15% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 608 | 14% |
| Public order | 213 | 5% |
| Drugs | 166 | 4% |
| Burglary | 146 | 3% |
| All other categories | 387 | 9% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the WC1 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How WC1 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsbury & Holborn (WC1) | 4,476 | Other theft (19%) | — |
| City of London (West) & Fleet Street (EC4) | 2,747 | Shoplifting (20%) | 0.7km |
| Clerkenwell & Barbican (EC1) | 2,657 | Shoplifting (21%) | 0.7km |
| City of London (East) & Shoreditch (EC2) | 2,703 | Shoplifting (19%) | 0.7km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest WC1, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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