Total Crime Rate
192.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hermit Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Bread Street , and the 23rd 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 Hermit Street (EC1V 7NR) in the last 12 months was 192.4 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hermit Street (EC1V 7NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near White Lion Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lloyd'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Goswell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goswell Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nelson Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiskin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiskin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whiskin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Remington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Goswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chadwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nelson Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chadwell Street | — |
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