WC1A 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 WC1A is 3.3 times the Camden average and 7.1 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 21%. The biggest share of the harm comes from robbery. Police data to August 2026.
Camden. 1,047 residents in 1 neighbourhoods.
What it measures. How serious the crime recorded here is, not how much of it there is. Each recorded crime is weighted by the typical sentence for that kind of offence (the Office for National Statistics Crime Severity Score), so a robbery counts about 76 times a shoplifting offence. The total per resident is ranked against every neighbourhood. 10 means among the safest tenth.
Data. Street-level crime from data.police.uk, September 2016 to August 2026. Weights: ONS Crime Severity Score, year ending March 2025.
Crime severity: 3.3× the Camden average (7.1× 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.
What it measures. One score from 1 to 10 that blends schools (33%), transport (25%), health (25%) and supermarkets (17%). Crime is not in it: it is the separate Safety score. 10 is best.
Data. Built from the four scores below, so it uses their data. Figures last rebuilt on 10 October 2026.
Based on schools, transport, health, supermarkets, weighted by importance. Crime is not part of it. Higher is better.
1 neighbourhood has no population figure, so it is not scored.
Down 21% in 5 years Recorded crimes in WC1A, anti-social behaviour left out.
Crime severity: 3.3× the Camden average (7.1× the England and Wales average). 662 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
Anti-social behaviour: 168 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Scores use fixed distance bands, so they do not depend on other districts. Higher is better.
What it measures. Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, with burglary and robbery counting more than shoplifting, ranked against every neighbourhood. 10 means among the safest tenth.
Data. Street-level crime from data.police.uk, September 2016 to August 2026.
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 24.0 |
| Burglary | 37.0 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 79.5 |
| Drugs | 13.3 |
| Possession of weapons | 2.7 |
| Other crime | 2.6 |
| Other theft | 197.3 |
| Theft from the person | 163.6 |
| Vehicle crime | 52.2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18.1 |
| Public order | 24.6 |
| Bicycle theft | 20.8 |
| Shoplifting | 26.2 |
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.
Last 12 months: 98.7 against a 10-year average of 107.5, 8% lower.
Council: Camden
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.