Crime and Safety in St Giles, Camden
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crime in St Giles is theft from the person, with 928 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 72. This is 34% lower than 2025's figure of 1,406 offences and a difference of 33.79 from 2025's crime rate of 106. St Giles's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 13 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 13 crimes.
St Giles 2026 Crime Scorecard
101% higher, borough crime rate
London
173% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Camden is 101% higher than London and 173% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Camden Crime Rate Over Time
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St Giles Crime Map
Incidents mapped in St Giles represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to St Giles's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around St Giles up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of St Giles's 76 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
St Giles • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within St Giles has a crime risk score of 883. This is based on analysis of 76 nearby areas within St Giles, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in St Giles's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in St Giles, crime risk scores are typically around 883, while in Camden they are average 632.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 905 (708 for Camden), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 914 (Camden 761).
Trends in Crime Risk
St Giles
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 13% in St Giles's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in St Giles's crime risk score is up by 39%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, St Giles's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 9%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
St Giles
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
St Giles • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Theft From the Person offences have a crime rate of 72 reports per 1,000 people in St Giles, which is 46 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 928 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 92 reports of Robbery in St Giles, resulting in a crime rate of 7.18 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 6.08.
The crime rate for Shoplifting is 3.33 times the national average at 24 reports per 1,000. This is from 307 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
St Giles
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 4.26 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 2.28 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 87% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.75 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.64 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 17% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
St Giles
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.43 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.48 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 3.4% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 11 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 11 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 2.7% over this timeframe.
Theft From the Person offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 35 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 43 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 19% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
St Giles • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 417 | 32.23 | 2.28 | 9,514 | 23.50 | 1.66 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 26 | 1.97 | 3.40 | 898 | 2.21 | 3.03 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 66 | 5.07 | 1.62 | 2,143 | 5.30 | 1.69 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 53 | 4.07 | 0.71 | 1,742 | 4.31 | 0.69 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 44 | 3.40 | 1.33 | 1,630 | 4.05 | 1.31 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 18 | 1.44 | 1.16 | 281 | 0.68 | 0.37 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 584 | 45.05 | 7.92 | 6,829 | 16.90 | 2.97 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 13 | 1.01 | 1.42 | 170 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 94 | 7.28 | 1.26 | 2,524 | 6.23 | 1.07 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 92 | 7.18 | 6.08 | 1,466 | 3.62 | 3.07 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 307 | 23.73 | 3.33 | 4,332 | 10.72 | 1.50 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 928 | 71.84 | 46 | 6,898 | 17.04 | 11 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 33 | 2.55 | 0.59 | 2,307 | 5.70 | 1.33 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 279 | 21.65 | 0.71 | 8,359 | 20.66 | 0.68 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 2,537 | 196.24 | 2.80 | 39,579 | 97.84 | 1.36 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 4,037 | 314.69 | 4.36 | 42,633 | 105.25 | 1.42 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 3,670 | 284.59 | 3.83 | 41,442 | 102.07 | 1.35 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 2,731 | 208.98 | 2.69 | 36,233 | 89.26 | 1.13 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 1,710 | 130.16 | 1.75 | 30,536 | 76.22 | 0.99 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 811 | 63.71 | 0.99 | 25,231 | 63.00 | 0.92 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 2,212 | 169.23 | 2.33 | 35,402 | 88.03 | 1.19 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 2,125 | 147.33 | 1.96 | 36,850 | 90.69 | 1.19 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 1,696 | 105.16 | 1.50 | 37,656 | 91.87 | 1.29 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 1,239 | 74.73 | 1.19 | 30,573 | 74.22 | 1.16 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 397 | 23.84 | 1.39 | 9,235 | 22.40 | 1.17 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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