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

Kingsway Place 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 Kingsway Place (EC1R 0LU) 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 Kingsway Place (EC1R 0LU), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 294 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Kingsway Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Clerkenwell Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B501 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Clerkenwell Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clerkenwell Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Clerkenwell Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Clerkenwell Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clerkenwell Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clerkenwell Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Myddelton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Vineyard Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market —
Sep 2025Public order Pine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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