Total Crime Rate
279.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Turnmill Street area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 30th 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 Turnmill Street (EC1M 5SY) in the last 12 months was 279.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.0% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -13.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Turnmill Street (EC1M 5SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 322 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenhill Rents (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clerkenwell Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clerkenwell Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clerkenwell Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greenhill Rents | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clerkenwell Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clerkenwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clerkenwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Greenhill Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Greenhill Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farringdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clerkenwell Green | Under investigation |
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