Total Crime Rate

158.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 158.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 50.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Margery Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 17th lowest 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 Margery Street (WC1X 0HU) in the last 12 months was 158.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% lower than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Margery Street (WC1X 0HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rosebery Avenue, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King'S Cross Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Margery Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/105)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Catherine Griffiths Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Margery Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Margery Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Margery Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Margery Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Margery Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Topham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Topham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Topham Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pine Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Soley Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Warner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Warner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Warner Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coldbath Square —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Fernsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Easton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Amwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Margery Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rosebery Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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