Total Crime Rate

808.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 808.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 233.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 164.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 141.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 61.3 10/10
  • Public order 53.6 10/10
  • Other theft 38.3 10/10
  • Other crime 30.7 10/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Burglary 19.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Robbery 11.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
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

Percy Circus area has the 6th highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 21st highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Percy Circus (WC1X 9EE) in the last 12 months was 808.4 per 1,000 residents and was 299.3% higher 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 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 208.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 302.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Percy Circus (WC1X 9EE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Percy Circus area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/83)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Weston Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pakenham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hermes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hermes Street 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Pakenham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hermes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Britannia Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Britannia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Langton Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leeke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary A501 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hermes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A501 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Claremont Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cumming Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cubitt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cubitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cubitt Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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