Crime in EC1Y 8QL
How much crime is recorded in EC1Y 8QL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Old Street & St Luke's
- Council
- Islington
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,171 (2024)
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How safe is EC1Y 8QL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 31.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the EC1Y 8QL area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 9% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.