Total Crime Rate
93.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Myddelton Square area has the 53rd lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 153rd lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Myddelton Square (EC1R 1XP) in the last 12 months was 93.4 per 1,000 residents and was 55.1% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Myddelton Square (EC1R 1XP), the main crime hotspot is near Grant Street. Police recorded 307 crimes here, including 205 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 | Public order | Pentonville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Penton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Penton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mylne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garnault Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Myddelton Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosoman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapel Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grant Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Owen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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