Police have named the man who died after a stabbing in Lloyd Baker Street, Clerkenwell. No arrests have been made, and the Section 60 order has expired.
A murder investigation is running in Clerkenwell after a 28-year-old man was stabbed in Lloyd Baker Street. The Metropolitan Police have now named him as Reece Salmon. No arrests have been made.
Officers were called at around 23:20 on Wednesday 16 September. They attended with the London Ambulance Service and found a man at the scene with stab wounds. He was taken to hospital and died the following day, Thursday 17 September.
The force published its statement at 17:37 on Friday 18 September and updated it on Saturday 19 September to name the victim. His family said in a statement issued through the Met:
“We are utterly devastated by this loss. Reece was a loving partner and son, and he leaves behind many friends and loved ones. It is impossible to put our loss into words.”
Chief Superintendent Jason Stewart, who leads policing in the local area, said the victim was found in a residential street, and that members of the public may hold information of vital importance to the investigation. He added: “You can expect to see additional officers in the area providing visible reassurance and working with partners to keep the public safe.”
How to pass information to the investigation
The force has asked for three things, and they are worth setting out exactly, because the reference number matters:
- call 101 and quote reference CAD 8475/16SEP
- submit material, including phone footage, through the Major Incident Public Portal at mipp.police.uk
- to stay anonymous, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111
The Section 60 order has now expired
A Section 60 order was authorised after the killing. It lets officers stop and search people and vehicles without the usual requirement of reasonable suspicion, and the Met says it can be used where officers believe serious violence may occur or has occurred, or where weapons are likely to be carried in a particular area.
The order covered three areas:
- Caledonian Road
- Clerkenwell
- Hoxton
It ran from 16:00 on Friday 18 September to 06:00 on Saturday 19 September. That is a window of 14 hours, and it has passed. The Met has published no extension and no further authorisation since, so as things stand there are no enhanced stop and search powers in force in the borough. We could not check the force’s own Section 60 authorisations page directly, because it does not serve to anything other than a full browser.
What the record says about the street
Lloyd Baker Street is in the Clerkenwell ward of Islington, on the estate developed by the Lloyd Baker family in the early nineteenth century. It is a residential street of some quality. Numbers 30 to 40 have been Grade II listed since 29 September 1972, described by Historic England as early nineteenth century terraced houses of yellow brick set in Flemish bond, two storeys over a basement and grouped in pairs under pedimented gables.
The published crime record matches the Chief Superintendent’s description of a residential street. In the 12 months to July 2026, the most recent month data.police.uk has released, 16 crimes in total were recorded on or near Lloyd Baker Street:
| Category | Recorded, 12 months to July 2026 |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Total | 16 |
One caveat matters when reading those figures. Police.uk does not publish exact locations. Every crime is snapped to an anonymised map point, which is why the data is labelled “on or near” a street rather than at an address.
The wider ward is busier, as you would expect of an area that takes in Exmouth Market and the Farringdon fringe. Across the whole of Clerkenwell ward, we counted 2,812 crimes in the same 12 months, including 581 violence and sexual offences and 78 robberies. Possession of weapons is the category that speaks most directly to this case, and it is rare in the record: 10 offences in 12 months across the entire ward, with no offence recorded at all in seven of those months.
The council’s response
Cllr Una O’Halloran, Leader of Islington Council, issued a statement on 18 September.
“We’re so shocked and saddened by the death of a 28-year-old man following a stabbing on Wednesday (16 September) night,” she said. “Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and loved ones, as they come to terms with this devastating loss.”
She said the council was working closely with the police and other local partners to provide reassurance in the area, and urged anyone who saw what happened to come forward. “Even the smallest detail could prove vital in the police’s investigation,” she said.
What it means for you
If you live in or near the Lloyd Baker estate, or you were in the area late on Wednesday 16 September, the investigation wants to hear from you. That includes people who think what they saw is too minor to matter. Dashcam and doorbell footage from the street and the roads around it is exactly the sort of material the Major Incident Public Portal exists to collect, and it can be uploaded without speaking to an officer.
If you were stopped and searched in Caledonian Road, Clerkenwell or Hoxton between 4pm on Friday and 6am on Saturday, that was under the Section 60 authorisation. You are entitled to a record of the search. That order has now run out, so any stop and search from Saturday morning onwards needs the usual grounds of reasonable suspicion.
If you want to give information but not your name, Crimestoppers is independent of the police and does not trace calls or ask who you are.
We will update this page when the Met publishes anything further. This report is drawn entirely from the force’s own published statement and the council’s own statement, and we have reported no detail that neither of them has put on the record.
The Met is still appealing for information on a second Islington case. In August, detectives asked for doorbell footage after a 75-year-old woman died following an aggravated burglary in Tollington Park. More from the borough is on our Islington news page.
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