Total Crime Rate

131.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Percival Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bunhill , and the 250th lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Percival Street (EC1V 0HU) in the last 12 months was 131.1 per 1,000 residents and was 59.4% lower than the Bunhill average (322.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 466.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Percival Street (EC1V 0HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 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 Percival Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malta Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cyrus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ashby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bastwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bastwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bastwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Spencer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Spencer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meredith Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malta Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cyrus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malta Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malta Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Malta Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Malta Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Malta Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meredith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cyrus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ashby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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