Total Crime Rate

415.9 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 415.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 85.0 9/10
  • Other theft 72.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 62.9 10/10
  • Public order 22.2 9/10
  • Robbery 22.2 10/10
  • Burglary 20.3 10/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Saffron Hill area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 567 local areas in Camden .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Saffron Hill (EC1N 8QN) in the last 12 months was 415.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (459.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -65.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 112.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Saffron Hill (EC1N 8QN), 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.

Crime Over Time in Saffron Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person St John'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Britton Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Rents Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Rents Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beauchamp Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brooke'S Market Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Clerkenwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Clerkenwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Britton Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Greenhill Rents Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St John'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St John'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hatton Wall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Greville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Greville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greville Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Greenhill Rents Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Greenhill Rents Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charterhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person B500 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bleeding Heart Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bleeding Heart Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Greenhill Rents Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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