Total Crime Rate
311.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Central Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bunhill , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
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 Central Street (EC1V 8AP) in the last 12 months was 311.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.4% lower than the Bunhill average (322.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 104 (≈ 119.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Central Street (EC1V 8AP), 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 | Mora Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmet Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | President Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | President Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | President Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | President Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Macclesfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5201 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Macclesfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Macclesfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mitchell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A5201 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Garden Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Garden Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Garden Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | City Garden Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | City Garden Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
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