Total Crime Rate
5266.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1469.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Abchurch Yard 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 Abchurch Yard (EC4N 7BA) 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 Abchurch Yard (EC4N 7BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lombard Street, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pancras Lane (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Candlewick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Monument Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cousin Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pancras Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pancras Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pancras Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pancras Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pancras Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pancras Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pancras Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pancras Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pancras Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pancras Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pancras Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gophir Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pancras Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gophir Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Angel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Angel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Angel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Angel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Angel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Angel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurence Pountney Hill | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laurence Pountney Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laurence Pountney Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Martin Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Martin Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pancras Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pancras Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Martin Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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