Total Crime Rate
1242.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Monument Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 5th highest crime rate of 61 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 Monument Street (EC3R 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 1242.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3399.5% higher than the Aldersgate average (35.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 239 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -69.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 209 (≈ 337.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Monument Street (EC3R 8AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Corbet Court, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lombard Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tooley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Talbot Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Borough High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Borough High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tooley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tooley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Talbot Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Angel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Angel Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Eastcheap | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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