Total Crime Rate
1334.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
270.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bartholomew Close 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 Bartholomew Close (EC1A 7BF) 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 Bartholomew Close (EC1A 7BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 143 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Le Grand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aldersgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carthusian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carthusian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carthusian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carthusian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aldersgate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aldersgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aldersgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Little Britain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aldersgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bartholomew Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hayne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Paul'S | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hayne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aldersgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloth Fair | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A1 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lindsey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charterhouse Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Charterhouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Charterhouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carthusian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Albion Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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