Total Crime Rate
150.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seward Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bunhill , and the 238th highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
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 Seward Street (EC1V 3PD) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.5% lower than the Bunhill average (322.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seward Street (EC1V 3PD), the main crime hotspot is near Lever Street. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bunhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lever Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Garrett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludlow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmet Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Central Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Tree Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goswell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pickard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | President Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | President Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | President Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | President Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lever Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honduras Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mount Mills | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | City Garden Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hull Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hull Street | — |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.