Total Crime Rate
607.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Farringdon Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 11th 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 Farringdon Road (EC1R 3BX) in the last 12 months was 607.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% higher than the Bread Street average (472.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (β 97.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farringdon Road (EC1R 3BX), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Benjamin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clerkenwell Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosoman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosoman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Benjamin Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Benjamin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exmouth Market | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clerkenwell Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leather Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leather Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leather Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leather Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leather Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laystall Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exmouth Market | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exmouth Market | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laystall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosebery Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Topham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Topham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dorrington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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