Total Crime Rate
65.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Margery Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bread Street , and the 4th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in City of London .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Margery Street (WC1X 0JG) in the last 12 months was 65.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.0% lower than the Bread Street average (344.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Margery Street (WC1X 0JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rosebery Avenue, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Attneave Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Margery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Griffiths Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amwell Street | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Catherine Griffiths Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crawford Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crawford Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rosebery Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosebery Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mylne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Topham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Soley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margery Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margery Street | — |
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