Total Crime Rate
5266.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1469.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bishopsgate area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Aldersgate , and the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bishopsgate (EC2M 3TY) in the last 12 months was 5266.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13430.4% higher than the Aldersgate average (38.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 754 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 11 cases , down -15.4% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -26.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 757 (≈ 1469.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishopsgate (EC2M 3TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Liverpool Street, where police recorded 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Avenue (101 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bishopsgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Primrose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spital Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norton Folgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Devonshire Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Devonshire Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Middlesex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Liverpool Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheeler Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheeler Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheeler Lane | — |
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