Total Crime Rate

607.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 607.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 229.6 10/10
  • Other theft 144.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.4 9/10
  • Robbery 38.9 10/10
  • Burglary 27.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Coldbath Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 11th highest crime rate of 61 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 Coldbath Square (EC1R 5HL) in the last 12 months was 607.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% higher than the Bread Street average (472.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 97.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coldbath Square (EC1R 5HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portpool Lane (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Coldbath Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attneave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Farringdon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rosoman Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery White Bear Yd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exmouth Market —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Newcastle Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pooles Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saffron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ray Street Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ray Street Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Farringdon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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