Total Crime Rate

557.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 557.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 94.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 90.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.3 10/10
  • Other theft 74.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 72.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Drugs 29.4 10/10
  • Burglary 20.3 10/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Robbery 11.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lambs Passage area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bunhill , and the 33rd 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 Lambs Passage (EC1Y 8TE) in the last 12 months was 557.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -73.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lambs Passage (EC1Y 8TE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lambs Passage area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Featherstone Street
Sep 2025Other theft Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fortune Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fortune Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Martha'S Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Martha'S Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Martha'S Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Errol Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Errol Street
Sep 2025Other theft Errol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martha'S Buildings
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martha'S Buildings
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martha'S Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lizard Street

Data Sources

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