Total Crime Rate
408.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Errol Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bunhill , and the 60th 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 Errol Street (EC1Y 8TB) in the last 12 months was 408.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 106.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Errol Street (EC1Y 8TB), 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 | Bicycle theft | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lizard Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lizard Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lizard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bunhill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lukes Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Golden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Milton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Lukes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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