Total Crime Rate
714.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosebery Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 10th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rosebery Avenue (EC1R 4RR) in the last 12 months was 714.3 per 1,000 residents and was 107.6% 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 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 102.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosebery Avenue (EC1R 4RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lloyd'S Row, where police recorded 110 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.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scotswood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pear Tree Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosoman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ray Street Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northampton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lloyd'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiskin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbal Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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