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Holborn & Covent Garden

WARD
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
10,522
Households
5,136
Crimes · Jun '26
Among the highest · 59.1 per 1k
5,136
Households
White Brit. · 31%
Ethnicity
No religion · 34%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Among the highest · 59.1 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£885,969
Median property price
984
Postcodes
5,136
Households
White Brit. · 31%
Ethnicity
No religion · 34%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Among the highest · 59.1 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£885,969
Median property price
984
Postcodes

Sold prices in Holborn & Covent Garden

England & Wales
Property sales · Holborn & Covent Garden
HM Land Registry · Holborn & Covent Garden
Average price
£964,077
YoY: -24.2%
Median price: £1,010,813
View district EC1M
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Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 5 sales · avg £2,272,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£2.3m£1.4m£508k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Holborn & Covent Garden

England & Wales
Crime trends · Holborn & Covent Garden

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
87
YoY +21%
1007856
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
92
YoY -7%
16212384
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
13
YoY —
45243
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
29
YoY +38%
44267
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —
25130
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Shoplifting
112
YoY +84%
1368228
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · shoplifting up sharply · burglary rising

622
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Holborn & Covent Garden

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Camden.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Camden
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Amenities in Holborn & Covent Garden

GPs make up most of the mapped places

89 GPs · 59 Universities · 25 Museums · 213 in all

  • GPs89
  • Universities59
  • Museums25
  • Hospitals20
  • Libraries20

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Holborn & Covent Garden

Coordinates51.5189, -0.1175
Postcodes
984
Population (Census)
10,522
Households (Census)
5,136
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Among the highest · 59.1 per 1k

Demographics in Holborn & Covent Garden

Ethnicity

Total residents: 10,537
White Brit.31.2%
Other White19.2%
Bangladeshi13.0%
African7.0%
Chinese5.6%
+ 11 other groups · 24.0%

Religion

Total residents: 10,515
No religion33.7%
Christian32.4%
Muslim20.4%
Not answered9.3%
Buddhist1.2%
+ 2 other religions · 3.0%

Age groups

Total residents: 10,522
25–3420.4%
35–4919.2%
50–6418.6%
20–2413.7%
65–747.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 21.0%

Households

Total households: 5,136
Other35.1%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over10.4%
Any member 66+10.3%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children6.9%
+ 8 other households · 29.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Holborn & Covent Garden

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.72 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.72 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).