Crime Rate in St Peter's & Canalside, ward

St Peter's & Canalside has the 6th lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Islington district and the 1079th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 218th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Peter's & Canalside in the last 12 months was 122.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% lower than the Islington district average (187.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Peter's & Canalside’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 460 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 8 cases , up 60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 462 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Peter's & Canalside ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Islington High Street, with 140 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Camden Walk (48 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.