Total Crime Rate
152.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St John Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around St John Street (EC1V 4PG) in the last 12 months was 152.4 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% lower than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St John Street (EC1V 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lloyd'S Row, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whiskin Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friend Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lloyd'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Agdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Agdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Great Sutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Sutton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tompion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Sutton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Sutton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Sutton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B501 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiskin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiskin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiskin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawstorne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rawstorne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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