Total Crime Rate

178.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 178.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 100.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 47th highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rosebery Avenue (EC1R 4TW) in the last 12 months was 178.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% lower than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rosebery Avenue (EC1R 4TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near White Lion Street (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rosebery Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Owen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pentonville Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Pentonville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Public order Pentonville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pentonville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pentonville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lloyd'S Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pentonville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Skinner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiskin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Torrens Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Myddelton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Owen'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Owen'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilmington Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilmington Square —
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Owen'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rosoman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skinner Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meredith Street —

Data Sources

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