Total Crime Rate
5266.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1469.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bartholomew Lane 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 Bartholomew Lane (EC2N 2AX) 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 Bartholomew Lane (EC2N 2AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lombard Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Corbet Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tokenhouse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tokenhouse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tokenhouse Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tokenhouse Yard | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Langthorn Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbet Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corbet Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Finch Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finch Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finch Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tokenhouse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moorgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Talbot Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moorgate | Under investigation |
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