Crime and Safety in Cannon, City of London
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crime in Cannon is vehicle crime, with 47 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 3.1. This is 12% higher than 2025's figure of 42 offences and a difference of 0.35 from 2025's crime rate of 2.7. Cannon's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 0 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 0% from 2025's figure of 1 crime.
Cannon 2026 Crime Scorecard
22% lower, borough crime rate
London
77% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in City of London is 22% lower than London and 77% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
City of London Crime Rate Over Time
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Cannon Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Cannon represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Cannon's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Cannon up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Cannon's 64 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Cannon • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Cannon has a crime risk score of 139. This is based on analysis of 64 nearby areas within Cannon, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Cannon's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Cannon, crime risk scores are typically around 139, while in City of London they are average 181.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 186 (376 for City of London), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 258 (City of London 540).
Trends in Crime Risk
Cannon
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 3.0% in Cannon's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Cannon's crime risk score is up by 66%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Cannon's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 10%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Cannon
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Cannon • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Theft From the Person offences have a crime rate of 2.53 reports per 1,000 people in Cannon, which is 1.63 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 39 crime reports logged by City of London Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, City of London Police recorded 8 reports of Robbery in Cannon, resulting in a crime rate of 0.52 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.37.
The crime rate for Vehicle Crime is 0.71 times the national average at 3.06 reports per 1,000. This is from 47 crime reports reported to City of London Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Cannon
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.51 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.48 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 2.0% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Theft From the Person offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.58 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 2.00 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 71% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Cannon
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Cannon • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 7 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 172 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 9 | 0.59 | 1.55 | 310 | 0.69 | 0.95 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 5 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 485 | 1.05 | 0.34 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 19 | 1.21 | 0.28 | 306 | 0.69 | 0.11 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 12 | 0.78 | 0.50 | 445 | 0.99 | 0.32 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 1 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 48 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 39 | 2.51 | 0.48 | 2,312 | 5.11 | 0.90 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | - | - | - | 46 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 9 | 0.57 | 0.17 | 614 | 1.35 | 0.23 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 8 | 0.52 | 1.37 | 288 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 18 | 1.17 | 0.22 | 1,666 | 3.69 | 0.52 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 39 | 2.53 | 1.63 | 1,322 | 2.90 | 1.87 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 47 | 3.06 | 0.71 | 168 | 0.38 | 0.09 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 46 | 2.99 | 0.10 | 1,518 | 3.34 | 0.11 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 252 | 16.31 | 0.28 | 9,528 | 21.00 | 0.29 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 201 | 12.82 | 0.27 | 9,292 | 20.74 | 0.28 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 211 | 13.48 | 0.26 | 9,074 | 20.98 | 0.28 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 222 | 14.17 | 0.25 | 8,159 | 19.24 | 0.24 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 202 | 12.61 | 0.21 | 6,931 | 16.49 | 0.21 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 122 | 7.60 | 0.19 | 3,676 | 8.81 | 0.13 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 204 | 13.51 | 0.28 | 8,142 | 20.57 | 0.28 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 196 | 12.73 | 0.24 | 7,281 | 18.59 | 0.24 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 161 | 10.18 | 0.22 | 6,040 | 15.36 | 0.22 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 125 | 8.14 | 0.23 | 5,722 | 14.69 | 0.23 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 31 | 2.09 | 0.18 | 1,637 | 4.25 | 0.22 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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Cannon Compared to Other City of London Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| London Wall | 67 | 6.18 | 62% safer |
| Cheapside | 748 | 16.61 | 1.8% more dangerous |
| Monument | 1,428 | 28.11 | 72% more dangerous |
| Blackfriars | 1,273 | 33.97 | 108% more dangerous |
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