Total Crime Rate

408.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 408.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 172.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 45.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 35.2 10/10
  • Drugs 21.1 10/10
  • Public order 21.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

City Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 59th 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 City Road (EC1V 1ND) in the last 12 months was 408.5 per 1,000 residents and was 101.7% higher 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 105.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around City Road (EC1V 1ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 293 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camden Walk (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in City Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Duncan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Owen'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Owen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Owen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Owen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Owen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nelson Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Place

Data Sources

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