Total Crime Rate
5266.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1469.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Austin Friars 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 Austin Friars (EC2N 2EN) 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 Austin Friars (EC2N 2EN), the main crime hotspot is near Liverpool Street. Police recorded 221 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Broad Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gracechurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wormwood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wormwood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wormwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wormwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wormwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wormwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wormwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wormwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wormwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wormwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbet Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corbet Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Corbet Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Corbet Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Finch Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wormwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moorgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tokenhouse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wormwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wormwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moorgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorgate | Under investigation |
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