Total Crime Rate

219.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 219.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 65.9 10/10
  • Other theft 44.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 38.5 7/10
  • Burglary 33.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.5 6/10
  • Drugs 22.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 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 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 58 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 5PY) in the last 12 months was 219.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clerkenwell Road (EC1M 5PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A5201 (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clerkenwell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/81)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A5201 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A1 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A1 —
Apr 2026Drugs A1 Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft A1 Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cloth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cloth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Carthusian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Carthusian Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Carthusian Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Carthusian Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Honduras Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Charterhouse Bldgs Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bartholomew Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space —
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mount Mills Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gee Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bastwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ludlow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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