Total Crime Rate

1654.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1654.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 355.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 322.4 10/10
  • Other theft 305.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 244.7 10/10
  • Public order 103.5 10/10
  • Burglary 82.4 10/10
  • Drugs 58.8 10/10
  • Other crime 58.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.7 10/10
  • Robbery 35.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Cheapside Passage area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City of London .

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 Upper Cheapside Passage (EC2V 6AG) in the last 12 months was 1654.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4559.5% higher than the Aldersgate average (35.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Bicycle theft ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 167 (≈ 392.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Cheapside Passage (EC2V 6AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 312 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pancras Lane (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Upper Cheapside Passage area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Trinity Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Noble Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gardners Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person New Change Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Martin'S Le Grand Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pancras Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pancras Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
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Data Sources

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