Total Crime Rate
831.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
266.7 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Hall Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in City of London .
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 Hall Street (EC1V 7AL) in the last 12 months was 831.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% higher than the Bread Street average (464.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (β 266.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hall Street (EC1V 7AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bread Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | City Garden Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Square | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Square | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Spencer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Spencer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Bicycle theft | Spencer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | King Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Square | β |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seward Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Possession of weapons | Seward Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seward Street | β |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seward Street | β |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickard Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Drugs | Pickard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | City Garden Row | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elia Street | β |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
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