Total Crime Rate

331.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

84.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 331.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 133.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 84.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 35.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.2 10/10
  • Other theft 17.6 9/10
  • Drugs 14.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

City Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 74th highest crime rate of 506 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 City Road (EC1V 1LJ) in the last 12 months was 331.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% higher 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around City Road (EC1V 1LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Owen Street, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in City Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/103)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pickard Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Colebrooke Row —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manningford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Manningford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Manningford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Elia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elia Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rocliffe Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rocliffe Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Danbury Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nelson Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences City Garden Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Noel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Rocliffe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime City Garden Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Goswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person City Garden Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person City Garden Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sidney Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sidney Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sidney Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sidney Grove —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grantbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Spencer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Danbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shalford Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Shalford Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shalford Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Earlstoke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manningford Close Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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