Total Crime Rate

128.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 34.6 10/10
  • Other theft 24.4 10/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 6th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in City of London .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clerkenwell Road (EC1M 5PW) in the last 12 months was 128.1 per 1,000 residents and was 72.9% lower than the Bread Street average (472.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clerkenwell Road (EC1M 5PW), 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.

Crime Over Time in Clerkenwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bastwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Domingo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Golden Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Golden Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Charterhouse Bldgs 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 Leo Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Leo Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mount Mills Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Glasshouse Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Glasshouse Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bastwick Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albemarle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Golden Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Seward Street 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 2025Drugs Cyrus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lindsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lindsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5201 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A5201 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft A5201 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pear Tree Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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