Crime · Soho

Reported crime in central Soho

Name: Soho crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

8,618 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 161 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

8,618

Rate / 1,000

161

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,955	46%
Vehicle crime	700	8%
Criminal damage and arson	598	7%
Public order	593	7%
Other theft	498	6%
Drugs	419	5%
Shoplifting	384	4%
Burglary	312	4%
Anti social behaviour	305	4%
Possession of weapons	266	3%
Robbery	241	3%
Other crime	196	2%
Theft from the person	126	1%
Bicycle theft	25	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	306	309	328	320	327	310	338	322	312	388	381	314	3955
Vehicle crime	34	51	81	61	66	60	55	58	60	65	60	49	700
Criminal damage and arson	40	25	57	43	39	47	48	51	62	53	62	71	598
Public order	43	42	53	33	36	42	52	43	58	61	74	56	593
Other theft	37	37	49	38	45	34	34	41	44	31	64	44	498
Drugs	36	23	39	28	24	41	29	30	58	46	30	35	419
Shoplifting	13	66	35	19	34	50	37	25	31	18	32	24	384
Burglary	28	18	27	23	29	26	34	25	31	22	24	25	312
Anti social behaviour	27	43	33	15	18	11	15	31	32	17	38	25	305
Possession of weapons	15	25	18	25	22	17	16	16	42	27	19	24	266
Robbery	21	13	23	20	15	18	23	26	20	23	27	12	241
Other crime	14	16	19	13	23	21	25	22	14	9	15	5	196
Theft from the person	14	9	12	8	10	11	14	12	11	7	15	3	126
Bicycle theft	2	2	1	2	1	1		4	3	2	2	5	25
Total	630	679	775	648	689	689	720	706	778	769	843	692	8618

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Soho, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 53,390.