Total Crime Rate

330.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 330.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 108.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 90.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.5 9/10
  • Other theft 47.6 10/10
  • Burglary 29.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 23.8 10/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Robbery 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 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

Clerkenwell 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 5DU) 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 5DU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Clerkenwell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/145)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Attneave Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Attneave Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Pear Tree Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Attneave Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Public order Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Attneave Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Attneave Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Farringdon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Topham Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vine Street Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vine Street Bridge —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vine Street Bridge —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Farringdon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Farringdon Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Saffron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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