Total Crime Rate

460.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

107.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 460.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 133.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 107.5 10/10
  • Other theft 74.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 74.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.4 9/10
  • Public order 39.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.4 10/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gresham Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 18th highest crime rate of 60 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 Gresham Street (EC2V 7PG) in the last 12 months was 460.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1262.2% higher than the Aldersgate average (33.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 107.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 78.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gresham Street (EC2V 7PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 304 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pancras Lane (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gresham Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/163)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Shoplifting Ironmonger Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Noble Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Oct 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Noble Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Bread Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Noble Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Other theft Noble Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Noble Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Friday Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Friday Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Friday Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Park/Open Space Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Bread Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Friday Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Coleman Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Cannon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Cannon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Public order Cannon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Cannon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Bread Street Awaiting court outcome
Oct 2025Burglary London Wall Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson London Wall Under investigation
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Data Sources

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