Total Crime Rate

203.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.5 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 203.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 74.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 49.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.7 7/10
  • Other theft 29.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pickard Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 22nd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pickard Street (EC1V 8EN) in the last 12 months was 203.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.0% lower than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (β‰ˆ 49.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pickard Street (EC1V 8EN), the main crime hotspot is near Lever Street. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pickard Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hull Street β€”
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Lever Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Lever Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Central Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hull Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hull Street β€”
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hull Street β€”
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour City Road β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Central Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Central Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour City Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pickard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hanover Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pear Tree Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King Square β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Macclesfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft City Garden Row Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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