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 3TJ) 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 3TJ), 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 St Peter's & Canalside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mora Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shepherdess Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherdess Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B144 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B144 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B144 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B144 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Macclesfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mora Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Macclesfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mora Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Place | — |
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