# Walbrook South east City of London. In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Walbrook at a rate of 1,746.1 per 1,000 people. Ward. Code E05009312. In: [London](https://openindex.co.uk/london) › [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) ## Key figures - **Claimant rate: 0.7%** (August 2026). In Walbrook, 0.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london/ward/walbrook#f-claimant-rate ## On the map - [Crime and ASB by ward](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E05009312) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Walbrook. - [Average house price by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices#place=E05009312) (UK House Price Index · August 2026): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of City of London. The outline is Walbrook. - [Population by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population-estimate#place=E05009312) (Mid-year population estimates · 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of City of London. The outline is Walbrook. - [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=E05009312) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of City of London. The outline is Walbrook. ## How Walbrook compares Each ward against every other ward the measure covers. | Measure | Walbrook | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Claimant rate | 0.7% | joint 2nd lowest | 5 wards, City of London · Aug 2026 | ## Is Walbrook safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Walbrook at a rate of 1,746.1 per 1,000 people. That compares with 618.2 per 1,000 people across City of London. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 498 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Walbrook. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (2,350), violence and sexual offences (1,089) and shoplifting (1,030). Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates. Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest. ## Figures for the whole of City of London These figures are published for the whole of City of London, not for each ward, so they describe all of City of London and not Walbrook alone. [See City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) - **Average house price: £726,633** (August 2026). City of London’s average house price was £726,633 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 14.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026. - **Deprivation score: 10.2** (2025). City of London has a deprivation score of 10.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 29th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025. - **Population estimate: 15,631** (2025). City of London’s population was an estimated 15,631 in mid-2025 (ONS population estimates). Up 0.9% in a year. Source: Mid-year population estimates, 2025. Published 1 October 2026. - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in City of London live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. ## Walbrook in brief In Walbrook, 0.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. ## About - Type: Ward - Code: E05009312 - Constituency: [Cities of London and Westminster †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cities-of-london-and-westminster) - Council: [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) - Region: [London](https://openindex.co.uk/london) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 0.07 km² - Neighbourhoods: 1 † Best fit: the constituency this ward mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow it. ## Next door [Cornhill](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london/ward/cornhill), [Cordwainer](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london/ward/cordwainer), [Broad Street](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london/ward/broad-street), [Langbourn](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london/ward/langbourn), [Cheap](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london/ward/cheap), [Candlewick](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london/ward/candlewick) ## Latest updates for Walbrook - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E05009312 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. 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