Total Crime Rate
224.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dufferin Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bunhill , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dufferin Avenue (EC1Y 8PQ) in the last 12 months was 224.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower than the Bunhill average (322.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 68.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dufferin Avenue (EC1Y 8PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martha'S Buildings, where police recorded 413 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bunhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peerless Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cahill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baldwin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baldwin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mitchell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mitchell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitecross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitecross Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mitchell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cahill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cahill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cahill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Baldwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dufferin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dufferin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mallow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peerless Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peerless Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bunhill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bunhill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bunhill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Baldwin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baldwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Peerless Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Garrett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Helmet Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
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