Crime Rates at Old Street, London, EC1V 9LA

Old Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 90th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

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 Old Street (EC1V 9LA) in the last 12 months was 379.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 150.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Street (EC1V 9LA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 513 crimes here, including 166 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.