Total Crime Rate
143.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northampton Square area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 12th 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 0HL) in the last 12 months was 143.2 per 1,000 residents and was 58.4% lower than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northampton Square (EC1V 0HL), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Earlstoke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sidney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sidney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Agdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tompion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malta Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Manningford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Manningford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Earlstoke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Agdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manningford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawstorne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friend Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B501 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynyatt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynyatt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawstorne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leo Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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