Total Crime Rate
355.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Turnmill Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 25th highest 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 Turnmill Street (EC1M 5SY) in the last 12 months was 355.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% higher 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -5.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Turnmill Street (EC1M 5SY), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 308 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B500 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broad Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St John'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eagle Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clerkenwell Green | Under investigation |
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