Total Crime Rate

252.9 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 252.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 50.6 10/10
  • Other theft 32.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Drugs 18.4 10/10
  • Robbery 18.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.5 9/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 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

City Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bunhill , and the 121st highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around City Road (EC1V 2PH) in the last 12 months was 252.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% lower than the Bunhill average (322.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around City Road (EC1V 2PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martha'S Buildings, where police recorded 413 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in City Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/195)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Helmet Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Westland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Westland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Westland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westland Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vestry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Provost Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Provost Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ebenezer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nile Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Terrace —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Underwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lukes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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