Total Crime Rate
216.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St John Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 24th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around St John Street (EC1M 4AS) in the last 12 months was 216.2 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% lower than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St John Street (EC1M 4AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charterhouse Street, where police recorded 204 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 Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hayne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloth Fair | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Briset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hayne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cowcross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charterhouse Bldgs | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St John'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carthusian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charterhouse 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 | Theft from the person | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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