Total Crime Rate

187.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 187.2 9/10
  • Other theft 46.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 34.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 21.3 10/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rosebery Avenue area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rosebery Avenue (EC1R 4TJ) in the last 12 months was 187.2 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% lower than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rosebery Avenue (EC1R 4TJ), the main crime hotspot is near Chapel Market. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Rosebery Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlstoke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour City Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Angel Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meredith Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Meredith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wyclif Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wyclif Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pentonville Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Pentonville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Whiskin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiskin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiskin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pentonville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pentonville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pentonville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour City Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angel Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pentonville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pentonville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pentonville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Sidney Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Sidney Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sidney Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidney Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidney Grove —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pentonville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Torrens Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claremont Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lion Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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