Total Crime Rate

503.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 503.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 175.7 10/10
  • Drugs 94.6 10/10
  • Public order 77.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Burglary 16.9 10/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Islington area has the 16th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

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 Islington (L3 8LD) in the last 12 months was 503.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 155.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Islington (L3 8LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ilford Street, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Islington area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Anne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour London Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rimmer Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lambert Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ilford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Burglary Maritime Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Islington Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bidder Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bidder Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bayhorse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Salisbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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