Total Crime Rate

527.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 527.5 10/10
  • Other theft 265.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 95.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 72.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 37.5 8/10
  • Burglary 20.0 10/10
  • Drugs 20.0 10/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Water Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 14th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Water Lane (EC3R 6AL) in the last 12 months was 527.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1255.3% 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 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Lane (EC3R 6AL), the main crime hotspot is near Lovat Lane. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Water Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/100)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Muscovy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovat Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovat Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lovat Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovat Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovat Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs St Mary At Hill Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovat Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovat Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovat Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lovat Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lovat Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Thames Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Thames Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Mary At Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Battle Bridge Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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