Total Crime Rate

230.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 230.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 104.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.0 7/10
  • Burglary 27.5 10/10
  • Other theft 22.0 10/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clerkenwell Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 27th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in City of London .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clerkenwell Road (EC1M 5PQ) in the last 12 months was 230.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% lower than the Bread Street average (472.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 49.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clerkenwell Road (EC1M 5PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Mills (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clerkenwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dallington Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Domingo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percival Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percival Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percival Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Seward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albemarle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cyrus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mount Mills Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leo Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Leo Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leo Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leo Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Charterhouse Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cyrus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lindsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sycamore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sycamore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Agdon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Agdon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lindsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pear Tree Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cyrus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Malta Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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