Total Crime Rate
526.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lambs Passage area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bunhill , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 506 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 526.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% higher than the Bunhill average (322.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% 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 365 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bunhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Moor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martha'S Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Silk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Moor Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martha'S Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martha'S Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Garrett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fortune Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dufferin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fortune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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