Total Crime Rate
182.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fetter Lane area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 20th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fetter Lane (EC4A 1ES) in the last 12 months was 182.1 per 1,000 residents and was 367.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -56.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fetter Lane (EC4A 1ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bleeding Heart Yard, where police recorded 257 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southampton Buildings (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Farringdon Without| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leather Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B500 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Baldwin'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Printer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Baldwin'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leather Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leather Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leather Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leather Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatton Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hatton Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greville Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Printer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B521 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holborn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bleeding Heart Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holborn | Under investigation |
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