Total Crime Rate
362.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lever Street 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 Lever Street (EC1V 3RL) 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 Lever Street (EC1V 3RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 156 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 St Peter's & Canalside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peerless Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dingley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dingley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Micawber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dingley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Macclesfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Micawber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Micawber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Banner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tilney Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherdess Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shepherdess Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Garrett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Banner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mora Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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