Crime Rate in Canonbury, ward

Canonbury has the 6th lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Islington district and the 1120th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 232nd highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Canonbury in the last 12 months was 118.9 per 1,000 residents and was 35.3% lower than the Islington district average (183.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Canonbury’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 352 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 55.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -18.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 467 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Canonbury ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Church Road, with 65 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hullbridge Mews (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.