Total Crime Rate
153.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Haywards Place area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 16th lowest 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 Haywards Place (EC1R 0EH) in the last 12 months was 153.2 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% lower than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haywards Place (EC1R 0EH), the main crime hotspot is near Benjamin Street. Police recorded 186 crimes here, including 35 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 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lloyd'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cowcross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ashby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malta Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Briset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tompion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eagle Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Albion Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiskin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiskin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St John'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dallington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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