Total Crime Rate
330.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clerkenwell Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Holborn & Covent Garden , and the 129th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in Camden .
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 Clerkenwell Road (EC1R 5AB) in the last 12 months was 330.7 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% lower than the Holborn & Covent Garden average (425.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 89.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clerkenwell Road (EC1R 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chancery Lane, where police recorded 138 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portpool Lane (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holborn & Covent Garden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Street Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Baldwin'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vine Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coldbath Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Baldwin'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pear Tree Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ray Street Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Topham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Topham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vine Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | White Bear Yd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portpool Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gray'S Inn Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Verulam Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crawford Passage | — |
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