Total Crime Rate
5266.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1469.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornhill 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 Cornhill (EC3V 3PD) 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 Cornhill (EC3V 3PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lovat Lane (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cornhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wormwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gracechurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lombard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gracechurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gracechurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gracechurch Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gracechurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gracechurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gracechurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finch Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Finch Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Circus Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lombard Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Circus Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Circus Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Circus Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Circus Place | Under investigation |
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