Total Crime Rate

428.1 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 428.1 10/10
  • Other theft 112.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 105.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 63.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.1 8/10
  • Burglary 31.6 10/10
  • Drugs 24.6 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Robbery 17.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • 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 10th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City of London .

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 Clerkenwell Close (EC1R 0QN) in the last 12 months was 428.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% lower than the Bread Street average (472.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -37.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clerkenwell Close (EC1R 0QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 307 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 2025Bicycle theft Benjamin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Vineyard Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Agdon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Agdon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rosoman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rosoman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ray Street Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person White Bear Yd 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

Data Sources

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