Total Crime Rate

366.9 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 366.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.9 9/10
  • Burglary 47.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 47.3 10/10
  • Robbery 29.6 10/10
  • Other theft 23.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Northburgh Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 26th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City of London .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northburgh Street (EC1V 0AT) in the last 12 months was 366.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% lower than the Bread Street average (472.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 130.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 69.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northburgh Street (EC1V 0AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tompion Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Northburgh Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bastwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Britton Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lindsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lindsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Malta Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Malta Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Britton Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malta Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tompion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dallington Street —
Sep 2025Drugs B501 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dallington Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Goswell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tompion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tompion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tompion Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tompion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goswell Place —

Data Sources

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