Total Crime Rate
367.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Sutton Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 25th 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 Great Sutton Street (EC1V 0DX) in the last 12 months was 367.0 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 Other theft with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Sutton Street (EC1V 0DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Benjamin Street, where police recorded 172 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenhill Rents (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Mills | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bastwick Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bastwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bastwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lindsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lindsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bastwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bastwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bastwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cyrus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cyrus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cyrus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wyclif Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Wyclif Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Charterhouse Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Charterhouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Agdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charterhouse Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Broad Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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