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Crime in EC2Y 8
The EC2Y 8 postcode sector, in the EC (East Central London) postcode area, with most records published by City of London Police.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 279 street-crime records for EC2Y 8 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 10.7% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 92.9 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 1,041.5 for City of London Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
279
Share of EC2Y
50.6%
Year-on-year
+10.7%
EC2Y 8 holds 50.6% of the 551 records assigned to EC2Y in the same window.
Month-by-month totals
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
16
October 2025
28
November 2025
31
December 2025
20
January 2026
21
February 2026
14
March 2026
32
April 2026
18
May 2026
21
June 2026
33
July 2026
29
August 2026
16
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
EC2Y 8
92.9
City of London Police
1,041.5
279 records and 3,004 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Category mix compared
Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: City of London Police.
Category
EC2Y 8
EC2Y
Force
Bicycle theft
25.8%
14.7%
4.1%
Other theft
24.4%
19.2%
22.9%
Violence and sexual offences
10.8%
9.1%
16.7%
Public order
8.6%
5.8%
7.2%
Anti-social behaviour
6.8%
5.1%
1.8%
Theft from the person
6.5%
6.4%
12.2%
Criminal damage and arson
5.7%
4.5%
3.4%
Drugs
5.4%
6.5%
5.5%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for EC2Y 8 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
163
2022
206
2023
203
2024
191
2025
292
2026 (part year)
184
Limits to keep in mind
Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Covers 100.0% of the 3,004 Census 2021 residents of EC2Y 8.
England: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Of these residents in England, 0.0% live in the most deprived 20% of England's neighbourhoods and 35.2% in the least deprived 20%.
0%1
0%2
0%3
0%4
0%5
0%6
0%7
65%8
0%9
35%10
Share of residents in each decile, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived) of England's small areas.
Deciles rank neighbourhoods within one nation, so English and Welsh deciles don't compare. They describe areas, not the people living in them, and crime is one of the things the index measures, so this mix partly overlaps the crime figures above. How this is built.
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