Total Crime Rate
88.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lloyd Baker Street area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 137th lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lloyd Baker Street (WC1X 9AB) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lloyd Baker Street (WC1X 9AB), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bevin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lloyd Baker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Drugs | Lloyd Baker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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