Total Crime Rate

263.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 263.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 71.0 10/10
  • Other theft 54.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.5 9/10
  • Burglary 30.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Dickens Mews area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in City of London .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dickens Mews (EC1M 5SZ) in the last 12 months was 263.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickens Mews (EC1M 5SZ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dickens Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Benjamin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skinner Street
Sep 2025Other theft Skinner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Kirby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Broad Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Onslow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre

Data Sources

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