Total Crime Rate
408.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025City 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Owen'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Owen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Owen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Owen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Owen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nelson Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Place | — |
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