Total Crime Rate

417.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

128.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 417.5 10/10
  • Other theft 134.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 128.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 77.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.4 9/10
  • Public order 40.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Burglary 20.2 10/10
  • Drugs 20.2 10/10
  • Robbery 10.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Exmouth Market area has the 10th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 21st highest crime rate of 58 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 Exmouth Market (EC1R 4PX) in the last 12 months was 417.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% higher than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 127.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Exmouth Market (EC1R 4PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rosebery Avenue, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near White Bear Yd (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Exmouth Market area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/120)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Calthorpe Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Hatton Wall Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Herbal Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Herbal Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exmouth Market Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exmouth Market Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exmouth Market Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Exmouth Market Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Exmouth Market Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Catherine Griffiths Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Catherine Griffiths Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Catherine Griffiths Court —
Apr 2026Other theft Hatton Wall Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hatton Wall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Herbal Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting White Bear Yd Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Topham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Topham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery White Bear Yd Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting White Bear Yd Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting White Bear Yd Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crawford Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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