Postcode sector · London
Crime in WC1E 7
How much crime is recorded in WC1E 7, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Camden
- Region
- London
- Population
- 6,456 (2024)
How safe is WC1E 7
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 40.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in WC1E 7, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
40.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
197
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
WC1E 7National
Burglary63.49.1
Other theft40.84.5
Theft from the person40.62.1
Violence and sexual offences27.823.6
Anti-social behaviour27.710.7
Shoplifting23.68.4
Public order9.84.6
Bicycle theft6.51.0
Robbery5.41.4
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Drugs2.92.4
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Other crime0.81.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- WC1E 7AA
- WC1E 7AD
- WC1E 7AE
- WC1E 7AG
- WC1E 7AH
- WC1E 7AP
- WC1E 7AQ
- WC1E 7AR
- WC1E 7AS
- WC1E 7AT
- WC1E 7AU
- WC1E 7AX
- WC1E 7AY
- WC1E 7AZ
- WC1E 7BD
- WC1E 7BL
- WC1E 7BS
- WC1E 7BT
- WC1E 7DB
- WC1E 7DE
- WC1E 7DF
- WC1E 7DH
- WC1E 7DP
- WC1E 7DQ
- WC1E 7DS
- WC1E 7DU
- WC1E 7EA
- WC1E 7EB
- WC1E 7EN
- WC1E 7ER
- WC1E 7ET
- WC1E 7EU
- WC1E 7EX
- WC1E 7EY
- WC1E 7FB
- WC1E 7HB
- WC1E 7HE
- WC1E 7HF
- WC1E 7HG
- WC1E 7HH
- WC1E 7HJ
- WC1E 7HL
- WC1E 7HN
- WC1E 7HT
- WC1E 7HU
- WC1E 7HX
- WC1E 7HY
- WC1E 7HZ