Crime by Postcode
W1TPostcode district

W1T crime rate and crime map

W1T is mostly a busy town or city centre, so it has no Safety score: crime is counted per resident and few people live there. Recorded crime in W1T is 4.2 times the Camden average and 8.8 times the England and Wales average. It is about the same as 5 years ago. The biggest share of the harm comes from robbery. Police data to August 2026.

Camden. 5,610 residents in 4 neighbourhoods.

Safety
-Busy centre, not scored
Living
9.5/10Excellent
5-year change
+1%more crimes
vs the council
4.2×the Camden average
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Safety and Living

Safety

Crime severity: 4.2× the Camden average (8.8× the England and Wales average)

Busy city or town centre. Crime is recorded where it happens but measured per resident, and few people live in a centre while many come to shop, work and go out. So crime per resident here looks many times higher than the risk to someone living here, and much of it is theft from shops and from people out and about. That is why Crime by Postcode gives it no Safety score: compared with residential areas the number would mislead. The crime figures shown are still the real recorded crime.

Living

Based on schools, transport, health, supermarkets, weighted by importance. Crime is not part of it. Higher is better.

Neighbourhoods by Safety

Camden 026A: no scoreCamden 026B: Safety 1 out of 10, high crimeWestminster 013B: no scoreCamden 026E: no score
1 = least safe, 10 = safest. Grey: no score. Select a neighbourhood to open it on the map.

3 neighbourhoods have no population figure, so they are not scored.

Crime over 5 years

About the same as 5 years ago Recorded crimes in W1T, anti-social behaviour left out.

Sep 2021 – Aug 2022: 4,147 crimesSep 2021 – Aug 20224,147Sep 2022 – Aug 2023: 5,375 crimesSep 2022 – Aug 20235,375Sep 2023 – Aug 2024: 5,675 crimesSep 2023 – Aug 20245,675Sep 2024 – Aug 2025: 5,208 crimesSep 2024 – Aug 20255,208Sep 2025 – Aug 2026: 4,173 crimesSep 2025 – Aug 20264,173

What is recorded

Crime severity: 4.2× the Camden average (8.8× the England and Wales average). 800 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.

  • Robbery: 29% of the harm here
  • Violence and sexual offences: 21% of the harm here
  • Other theft: 17% of the harm here

Anti-social behaviour: 126 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.

Shops, transport, schools and health

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Scores use fixed distance bands, so they do not depend on other districts. Higher is better.

Supermarkets

Excellent accessScore 9 out of 10
  • Typical distance to a large supermarket: 710 m.
  • M&S Pantheon (Marks and Spencer), 690 m from the district centre
  • Waitrose Oxford Street JL Food Hall (Waitrose), 1.2 km from the district centre
  • Waitrose Bloomsbury (Waitrose), 1.4 km from the district centre

Transport

Excellent accessScore 10 out of 10
  • Typical number of bus stops within 400 m: 5.
  • Nearest railway station: London Euston Rail Station, 810 m from the district centre
  • Nearest tram or metro stop: Goodge Street Station, 150 m from the district centre

Schools

Excellent schools nearbyScore 9 out of 10

Primary schools within 2 km

  • Edith Neville Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2023), 1.1 km away
  • Richard Cobden Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2019), 1.3 km away
  • St Vincent's Catholic Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection of the predecessor school, 2023), 1.6 km away
  • Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2023), 1.7 km away
  • St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2024), 1.9 km away

Secondary schools within 2 km

  • Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ: Needs attention (report card, 2026), 730 m away
  • Regent High School: Good (ungraded inspection, 2023), 1.2 km away

    Health

    Excellent accessScore 10 out of 10
    • Nearest GP surgery: FITZROVIA MEDICAL CENTRE, 490 m from the district centre, CQC rating: Good
    • Nearest hospital with A&E: University College Hospital, 430 m from the district centre

    Crime by type

    Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.

    TypePer 1,000 a year
    Robbery38.6
    Burglary33.2
    Violence and sexual offences93.2
    Drugs19.4
    Possession of weapons1.8
    Other crime3.0
    Other theft227.9
    Theft from the person246.1
    Vehicle crime18.3
    Criminal damage and arson16.4
    Public order33.1
    Bicycle theft23.6
    Shoplifting45.4

    Trend over the years

    Crime severity per resident (sentence-days of the crimes recorded each year). Hatched bars are years with fewer than twelve months of data for most residents.

    2016101.32017114.82018130.92019162.5202095.3202189.92022151.12023177.12024165.82025139.92026115.3

    Last 12 months: 125.2 against a 10-year average of 133.8, 6% lower.

    Questions about crime in W1T

    Is W1T a safe place to live?
    W1T has no Safety score: it is mostly a busy town or city centre, where crime is counted per resident and few people live. See the figures on this page for what is recorded.
    Is crime going up or down in W1T?
    About the same as 5 years ago: 4,147 recorded crimes a year then, 4,173 now.
    What is the most common crime in W1T?
    The most common recorded crime is theft from the person, about 246 per 1,000 residents a year. The most harm, weighted by how serious each crime is, comes from robbery.
    How does crime in W1T compare with Camden?
    Crime severity in W1T is 4.2 times the Camden average.

    Nearest town

    Council: Camden

    Town-centre neighbourhoods

    Few people live in these areas but many shop, work and go out there, so crime per resident looks far higher than the risk to someone living there. They have no Safety score, because compared with residential areas the number would mislead; their crime figures are still shown.

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