Crime Rates at Mount Pleasant, London, WC1X 0AA

Mount Pleasant area has the 10th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 21st highest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .

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 Mount Pleasant (WC1X 0AA) in the last 12 months was 417.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% higher than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 127.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant (WC1X 0AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portpool Lane (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.