Total Crime Rate
1769.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fleet Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 44th highest crime rate of 604 local areas in Westminster .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fleet Street (EC4A 2AH) in the last 12 months was 1769.2 per 1,000 residents and was 432.7% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (332.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 302.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fleet Street (EC4A 2AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chancery Lane, where police recorded 139 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Essex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chancery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Temple | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Temple | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Temple | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Temple | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Temple | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Temple | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Temple | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chancery Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chancery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chancery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chancery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chancery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chancery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chancery Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chancery Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Temple Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Arundel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holborn | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tweezer'S Alley | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Essex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fleet Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fleet Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Middle Temple Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Mitre Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Mitre Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Temple Lane | Under investigation |
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