Total Crime Rate
1375.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fetter Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 4th highest crime rate of 61 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 Fetter Lane (EC4A 1EP) in the last 12 months was 1375.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3773.2% 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 159 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 334.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fetter Lane (EC4A 1EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southampton Buildings, where police recorded 233 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fleet Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aldersgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chancery Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Southampton Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southampton Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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