Clerkenwell
WardSouth Islington. About 11,884 people in 0.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 11% of people in Clerkenwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Clerkenwell compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Clerkenwell safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Clerkenwell at a rate of 249.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 183.9 per 1,000 people across Islington.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 398 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Clerkenwell.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (667), violence and sexual offences (553) and shoplifting (540).
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 Islington
These figures are published for the whole of Islington, not for each ward, so they describe all of Islington and not Clerkenwell alone. See Islington
Clerkenwell in brief
Clerkenwell had 10,957 usual residents at the census.
About 11% of people in Clerkenwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Clerkenwell, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Clerkenwell, 5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.