Total Crime Rate
73.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arlington Way area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 101st lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Arlington Way (EC1R 1XB) in the last 12 months was 73.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arlington Way (EC1R 1XB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chadwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Market | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chapel Market | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Market | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Owen'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Owen'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Owen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chapel Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pentonville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pentonville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pentonville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pentonville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pentonville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pentonville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Market | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chapel Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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