Total Crime Rate
190.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lever Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bunhill , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 530 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 Lever Street (EC1V 3QX) in the last 12 months was 190.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lever Street (EC1V 3QX), the main crime hotspot is near Lever Street. Police recorded 210 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Goswell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A5201 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cyrus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bastwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bastwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bastwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bastwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5201 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A5201 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cyrus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Norman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Honduras Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cyrus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bastwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pickard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pickard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lever Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lever Street | — |
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