Total Crime Rate

101.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.0 5/10
  • Public order 16.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lloyd Square area has the 54th lowest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 185th lowest crime rate of 530 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 Square (WC1X 9BA) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% lower than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lloyd Square (WC1X 9BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hermes Street, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lloyd Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hermes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attneave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Attneave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Attneave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Attneave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Attneave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Margery Street
Sep 2025Burglary Hermes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hermes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hermes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hermes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermes Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermes Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermes Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Percy Circus
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penton Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilmington Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilmington Square
Sep 2025Drugs Percy Circus Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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