Total Crime Rate
158.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fernsbury 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 Fernsbury Street (WC1X 0HZ) 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 Fernsbury Street (WC1X 0HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Hermes Street. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Griffiths Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmouth Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmouth Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmouth Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exmouth Market | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exmouth Market | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exmouth Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exmouth Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Griffiths Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attneave Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coldbath Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rosebery Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Topham Street | — |
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