Total Crime Rate
230.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clerkenwell 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 5PZ) 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 5PZ), the main crime hotspot is near Greenhill Rents. Police recorded 135 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gee Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sycamore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sycamore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sycamore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gee Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ludlow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Honduras Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ludlow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Northburgh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northburgh Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dallington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dallington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dallington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dallington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sycamore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St John'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lindsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Greenhill Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A5201 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenhill Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenhill Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenhill Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St John'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greenhill Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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