Total Crime Rate
171.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mitchell Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bunhill , and the 206th 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 Mitchell Street (EC1V 3QL) in the last 12 months was 171.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.9% lower than the Bunhill average (322.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mitchell Street (EC1V 3QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martha'S Buildings, where police recorded 365 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bunhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitecross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dingley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmet Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | 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 |
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