Total Crime Rate
366.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Northburgh 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bastwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Mills | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Britton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lindsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lindsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Britton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tompion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dallington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B501 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dallington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Goswell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tompion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tompion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tompion Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tompion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goswell Place | — |
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