Total Crime Rate
101.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lloyd 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosebery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Attneave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Margery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Margery Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Percy Circus | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Penton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilmington Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmington Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Percy Circus | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margery Street | Under investigation |
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