Total Crime Rate

398.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

158.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 398.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 158.8 10/10
  • Drugs 98.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 84.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.7 9/10
  • Public order 64.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Burglary 10.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Islington area has the 19th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 97th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 398.7 per 1,000 residents and was 37.7% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 158.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Islington (L3 8LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Islington area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/48)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Lambert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Burgess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moor Place —
Apr 2026Drugs St Vincent Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Lower Gill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Gill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bayhorse Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Lambert Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wakefield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Burgess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burgess Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Riding Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seymour Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Seymour Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Seymour Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Moor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Lambert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Moor Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Greek Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Greek Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Vincent Street —
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Data Sources

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