Total Crime Rate
143.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitecross Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bunhill , and the 259th 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 Whitecross Street (EC1Y 8QN) in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% lower than the Bunhill average (322.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitecross Street (EC1Y 8QN), 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 Lever Street (125 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bunhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Featherstone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Martha'S Buildings | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Martha'S Buildings | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Martha'S Buildings | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Martha'S Buildings | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cahill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dufferin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Garrett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bunhill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamb'S Buildings | — |
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