Total Crime Rate
100.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pleydell Estate area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bunhill , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pleydell Estate (EC1V 3SL) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.8% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pleydell Estate (EC1V 3SL), 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 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 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Featherstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baldwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baldwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baldwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baldwin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B144 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B144 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B144 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B144 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B144 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B144 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Featherstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Featherstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bletchley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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