Total Crime Rate

170.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 170.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 26.0 10/10
  • Burglary 17.3 10/10
  • Other theft 14.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Clerkenwell Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 20th 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 Close (EC1R 0AU) in the last 12 months was 170.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% lower than the Bread Street average (472.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clerkenwell Close (EC1R 0AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 294 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Benjamin Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Clerkenwell Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Benjamin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skinner Street
Sep 2025Other theft Skinner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Kirby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Broad Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scotswood Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Topham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Topham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Coldbath Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coldbath Square
Sep 2025Other theft Farringdon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ray Street Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ray Street Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Newcastle Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albemarle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lloyd'S Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Onslow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clerkenwell Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wyclif Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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