Total Crime Rate
362.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ironmonger Row area has the 8th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bunhill , and the 65th highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ironmonger Row (EC1V 3QW) in the last 12 months was 362.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% higher 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 102 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 106.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 90.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ironmonger Row (EC1V 3QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Galway Street, where police recorded 120 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lever Street (59 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 | Pear Tree Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | 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 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | President Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A5201 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5201 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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