Total Crime Rate
5588.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bishopsgate area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aldersgate , and the highest crime rate of 61 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 4QD) in the last 12 months was 5588.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15641.8% higher than the Aldersgate average (35.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 646 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 14 cases , down -46.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 1.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -53.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 876 (≈ 1701.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishopsgate (EC2M 4QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Liverpool Street, where police recorded 269 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Avenue (125 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bishopsgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spital Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Widegate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandy'S Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandy'S Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandy'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lamb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spital Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sandy'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Blossom Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appold Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Appold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Appold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worship Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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