Total Crime Rate

299.7 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 299.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 84.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.2 8/10
  • Drugs 39.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 36.4 10/10
  • Other theft 19.6 9/10
  • Burglary 16.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.4 9/10
  • Robbery 8.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 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

Ashby Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 29th 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 Ashby Street (EC1V 0ED) in the last 12 months was 299.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 75.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashby Street (EC1V 0ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 171 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ashby Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meredith Street
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person New Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manningford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson 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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mount Mills Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidney Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft King Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Agdon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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