Total Crime Rate
102.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Doves Yard area has the 55th lowest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 188th lowest 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 Doves Yard (N1 0HQ) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Doves Yard (N1 0HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Grant Street. Police recorded 274 crimes here, including 204 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | White Lion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Charlotte Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Charlotte Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eckford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eckford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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