Total Crime Rate

128.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.1 9/10
  • Drugs 19.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.3 9/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 4.8 6/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St John Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 16th lowest crime rate of 61 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 128.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% lower than the Bread Street average (472.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St John Street (EC1V 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tompion Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in St John Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Clerkenwell Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ashby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person New Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percival Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mount Mills Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manningford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clerkenwell Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Skinner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skinner Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ashby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B501 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cyrus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lloyd'S Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Britton Street

Data Sources

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