Crime Rates in City of London (East) & Shoreditch (EC2)
Crime statistics for EC2 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is City of London (East) & Shoreditch (EC2)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 2,703 crimes within 1 mile of the EC2 centre, against 2,747 around EC4, 2,844 around EC3, 4,500 around W1 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in EC2?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the EC2 centre were Shoplifting (518), Other theft (446) and Theft from the person (410), out of 2,703 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full EC2 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in EC2?
Enter a full EC2 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
EC2 at a glance
2,703 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the EC2 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was shoplifting, at 19% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 2,703
- Most recorded category
- Shoplifting (19%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- Barbican (City of London Police)
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 518 | 19% |
| Other theft | 446 | 17% |
| Theft from the person | 410 | 15% |
| Violent crime | 390 | 14% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 303 | 11% |
| Burglary | 144 | 5% |
| Public order | 123 | 5% |
| Bicycle theft | 104 | 4% |
| All other categories | 265 | 10% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the EC2 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How EC2 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of London (East) & Shoreditch (EC2) | 2,703 | Shoplifting (19%) | — |
| City of London (West) & Fleet Street (EC4) | 2,747 | Shoplifting (20%) | 0.7km |
| City of London (South East) & Tower Hill (EC3) | 2,844 | Other theft (19%) | 0.8km |
| Mayfair & Soho (W1) | 4,500 | Other theft (19%) | 1.5km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest EC2, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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