Total Crime Rate
294.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northampton Square area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 58 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 Northampton Square (EC1V 0AJ) in the last 12 months was 294.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% lower than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northampton Square (EC1V 0AJ), 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 Hall Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Manningford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Agdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Agdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cyrus Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cyrus Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cyrus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cyrus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Great Sutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Sutton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Sutton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Sutton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Sutton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawstorne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynyatt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynyatt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B501 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goswell Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friend Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawstorne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Manningford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goswell Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hermit Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Goswell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dallington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Owen'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Owen'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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