Total Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hardwick Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 39th lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hardwick Street (EC1R 4UF) in the last 12 months was 40.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hardwick Street (EC1R 4UF), 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 Attneave Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northampton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skinner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hardwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Garnault Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosoman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pear Tree Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Myddelton Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosoman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lloyd'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinner Street | Under investigation |
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