Crime in WC2H 8
How much crime is recorded in WC2H 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Camden
- Region
- London
- Population
- 5,286 (2024)
WC2H 8Postcode sector · London
How safe is WC2H 8
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 121.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in WC2H 8, more than double the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 10 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
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).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 8% since 2022.
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
- WC2H 8AA
- WC2H 8AB
- WC2H 8AD
- WC2H 8AF
- WC2H 8AG
- WC2H 8AH
- WC2H 8AJ
- WC2H 8AL
- WC2H 8AN
- WC2H 8AP
- WC2H 8AQ
- WC2H 8BS
- WC2H 8BU
- WC2H 8DA
- WC2H 8DE
- WC2H 8DF
- WC2H 8DG
- WC2H 8DH
- WC2H 8DJ
- WC2H 8DL
- WC2H 8DN
- WC2H 8DP
- WC2H 8DR
- WC2H 8DS
- WC2H 8DW
- WC2H 8DX
- WC2H 8DY
- WC2H 8EB
- WC2H 8ED
- WC2H 8EE
- WC2H 8EG
- WC2H 8EH
- WC2H 8EJ
- WC2H 8EL
- WC2H 8EP
- WC2H 8HD
- WC2H 8HJ
- WC2H 8HL
- WC2H 8HR
- WC2H 8JA
- WC2H 8JB
- WC2H 8JF
- WC2H 8JL
- WC2H 8JR
- WC2H 8LA
- WC2H 8LE
- WC2H 8LG
- WC2H 8LH