Bloomsbury vs Cheam

Bloomsbury has a safety score of 13/100 (High Crime) and recorded 66,509 crimes in the last 12 months. Cheam has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 1,221 crimes. Bloomsbury scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Bloomsbury shows a year-on-year crime trend of -16.4% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Cheam shows -1.7% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Bloomsbury, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Theft from Person (20,382 incidents). In Cheam, it is Violent Crime (434 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Bloomsbury recorded 7,249 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Cheam recorded 228. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Bloomsbury totalled 7,471 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 434 in Cheam. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Bloomsbury recorded 79,526 crimes (now 66,509, a change of -16.4%). Cheam recorded 1,242 crimes previously (now 1,221, -1.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Bloomsbury has a resolution rate of 47.8% and Cheam has 22.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Bloomsbury falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Cheam is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Bloomsbury and Cheam. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.