Crime by Postcode
EC3RPostcode district

EC3R crime rate and crime map

EC3R is mostly a busy town or city centre, so it has no Safety score: crime is counted per resident and few people live there. Recorded crime in EC3R is 2.9 times the City of London average and 16 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 4%. The biggest share of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences. Police data to August 2026.

City and County of the City of London, City of London. 310 residents in 1 neighbourhoods.

Safety
-Busy centre, not scored
Living
9.3/10Excellent
5-year change
−4%fewer crimes
vs the council
2.9×the City of London average
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Safety and Living

Safety

Crime severity: 2.9× the City of London average (16× the England and Wales average)

Busy city or town centre. Crime is recorded where it happens but measured per resident, and few people live in a centre while many come to shop, work and go out. So crime per resident here looks many times higher than the risk to someone living here, and much of it is theft from shops and from people out and about. That is why Crime by Postcode gives it no Safety score: compared with residential areas the number would mislead. The crime figures shown are still the real recorded crime.

Living

Based on schools, transport, health, supermarkets, weighted by importance. Crime is not part of it. Higher is better.

Neighbourhoods by Safety

City of London 001F: no score
1 = least safe, 10 = safest. Grey: no score. Select a neighbourhood to open it on the map.

1 neighbourhood has no population figure, so it is not scored.

Crime over 5 years

Down 4% in 5 years Recorded crimes in EC3R, anti-social behaviour left out.

Sep 2021 – Aug 2022: 541 crimesSep 2021 – Aug 2022541Sep 2022 – Aug 2023: 609 crimesSep 2022 – Aug 2023609Sep 2023 – Aug 2024: 609 crimesSep 2023 – Aug 2024609Sep 2024 – Aug 2025: 576 crimesSep 2024 – Aug 2025576Sep 2025 – Aug 2026: 519 crimesSep 2025 – Aug 2026519

What is recorded

Crime severity: 2.9× the City of London average (16× the England and Wales average). 1,679 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.

  • Violence and sexual offences: 37% of the harm here
  • Other theft: 17% of the harm here
  • Robbery: 13% of the harm here

Anti-social behaviour: 137 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.

Shops, transport, schools and health

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Scores use fixed distance bands, so they do not depend on other districts. Higher is better.

Supermarkets

Excellent accessScore 9 out of 10
  • Typical distance to a large supermarket: 660 m.
  • M&S Finsbury Pavement (Marks and Spencer), 660 m from the district centre
  • Waitrose Barbican (Waitrose), 1.1 km from the district centre
  • Waitrose St Katharine Docks (Waitrose), 2.4 km from the district centre

Transport

Excellent accessScore 10 out of 10
  • Typical number of bus stops within 400 m: 14.
  • Nearest railway station: London Cannon Street Rail Station, 390 m from the district centre
  • Nearest tram or metro stop: Bank, 60 m from the district centre

Schools

Excellent schools nearbyScore 9 out of 10

Primary schools within 2 km

  • The Aldgate School: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2024), 1.1 km away
  • The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2022), 1.4 km away
  • City of London Primary Academy, Islington: Outstanding (graded inspection, 2019), 1.4 km away
  • Charles Dickens Primary School: Outstanding (graded inspection of the predecessor school, 2019), 1.7 km away
  • St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School: Outstanding (ungraded inspection, 2023), 2.0 km away

Secondary schools within 2 km

  • Haberdashers' Borough Academy: Good (graded inspection, 2024), 1.7 km away

    Health

    Excellent accessScore 9 out of 10
    • Nearest GP surgery: THE NEAMAN PRACTICE, 1.3 km from the district centre, CQC rating: Good
    • Nearest hospital with A&E: Moorfields Eye Hospital (City Road campus), 1.6 km from the district centre

    Crime by type

    Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.

    TypePer 1,000 a year
    Robbery31.9
    Burglary56.0
    Violence and sexual offences306.5
    Drugs89.7
    Possession of weapons13.0
    Other crime22.9
    Other theft423.0
    Theft from the person241.5
    Vehicle crime26.2
    Criminal damage and arson54.9
    Public order123.6
    Bicycle theft55.4
    Shoplifting233.9

    Trend over the years

    Crime severity per resident (sentence-days of the crimes recorded each year). Hatched bars are years with fewer than twelve months of data for most residents.

    2016156.22017154.42018232.72019305.12020175.42021226.52022269.42023300.22024277.52025277.82026242.7

    Last 12 months: 263.5 against a period average of 245.6, 7% higher.

    Questions about crime in EC3R

    Is EC3R a safe place to live?
    EC3R has no Safety score: it is mostly a busy town or city centre, where crime is counted per resident and few people live. See the figures on this page for what is recorded.
    Is crime going up or down in EC3R?
    Down 4% over 5 years, from 541 recorded crimes a year to 519.
    What is the most common crime in EC3R?
    The most common recorded crime is other theft, about 423 per 1,000 residents a year. The most harm, weighted by how serious each crime is, comes from violence and sexual offences.
    How does crime in EC3R compare with City of London?
    Crime severity in EC3R is 2.9 times the City of London average.

    Nearest town

    Council: City of London

    Town-centre neighbourhoods

    Few people live in these areas but many shop, work and go out there, so crime per resident looks far higher than the risk to someone living there. They have no Safety score, because compared with residential areas the number would mislead; their crime figures are still shown.