Canning Town South vs Holborn and Covent Garden

Canning Town South has a safety score of 9/100 (High Crime) and recorded 10,779 crimes in the last 12 months. Holborn and Covent Garden has a safety score of 13/100 (High Crime) with 61,808 crimes. Holborn and Covent Garden scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Canning Town South shows a year-on-year crime trend of +0.6% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Holborn and Covent Garden shows -14.2% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Canning Town South, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (2,548 incidents). In Holborn and Covent Garden, it is Theft from Person (18,004 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Canning Town South recorded 1,997 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Holborn and Covent Garden recorded 6,684. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Canning Town South totalled 2,548 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 7,547 in Holborn and Covent Garden. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Canning Town South recorded 10,716 crimes (now 10,779, a change of +0.6%). Holborn and Covent Garden recorded 72,065 crimes previously (now 61,808, -14.2%).

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. Canning Town South has a resolution rate of 37.9% and Holborn and Covent Garden has 46.6%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Canning Town South falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Holborn and Covent Garden 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 Canning Town South and Holborn and Covent Garden. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.