Total Crime Rate
153.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sekforde Street 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 Sekforde Street (EC1R 0HD) 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 Sekforde Street (EC1R 0HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 253 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Benjamin Street (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catherine Griffiths Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scotswood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clerkenwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clerkenwell Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clerkenwell Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clerkenwell Green | 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 |
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