Total Crime Rate
1334.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
270.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holborn Viaduct area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holborn Viaduct (EC1A 2JQ) in the last 12 months was 1334.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3328.7% higher than the Aldersgate average (38.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 73.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 270.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holborn Viaduct (EC1A 2JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 295 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenhill Rents (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Farringdon Within| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hosier Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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